TOEFL Test and Score Data for 2023 is now available.
The overall mean score was 87 points. That’s down from 88 points in 2022. I’m glad that changes to the test format do not seem to have had a major impact on scores.
Here are the mean scores for each section (change vs last year):
- Reading: 22.3 (-0.5)
- Listening: 22.3 (-0.7)
- Speaking: 20.8 (-0.1)
- Writing: 21.2 (-0.5)
Among the countries I track closely…
- The mean score in China was 86 (-4)
- The mean score in Korea was 86 (no change)
- The mean score in Japan was 73 (no change)
- The mean score in Brazil was 88 (-1)
- The mean score in India was 93 (-2)
- The mean score in Iran was 95 (-2)
- The mean score in the USA was 92 (-1)