TOEFL score data for 2022 is now available! Get the data over here.
The mean TOEFL score for all test takers in 2022 was 88, the same as 2021.
- The mean reading score was 22.8 (+.4)
- The mean listening score was 23.0 (+.4)
- The mean speaking score was 20.9 (-.2)
- The mean writing score was 21.6 (+.1)
Among the countries I track closely…
- The mean score in China was 90 (+3)
- The mean score in Korea was 86 (no change)
- The mean score in Japan was 73 (no change)
- The mean score in Brazil was 89 (-1)
- The mean score in India was 95 (-1)
- The mean score in the USA was 93 (no change)
That big jump in China comes as no surprise. Scores in China have increased significantly since changes to the TOEFL in 2019 which shortened the test and introduced an at-home option.
Here are per-country changes since 2018 (the last full year of the old four-hour TOEFL, which was available only at test centers).
- China: +10
- Korea: +2
- Japan: +2
- Brazil: +2
- India: no change
- USA: +3