{
  "checkedOn": "2026-09-27",
  "method": "Count every Table 1 country row, sort Reading means ascending; rank = count of strictly lower means + 1. Native-country groups, not national population estimates. Source table printed page 5.",
  "years": {
    "2024": {
      "source": "https://www.iibc-global.org/hubfs/library/default/english/toeic/official_data/pdf/Worldwide2024_english.pdf",
      "countryRows": 39,
      "thailand": {
        "country": "THAILAND",
        "listening": 316,
        "reading": 230,
        "total": 546
      },
      "listeningReadingGap": 86,
      "rankFromLowestReading": 4,
      "lowerReadingMeans": [
        {
          "country": "INDONESIA",
          "listening": 271,
          "reading": 196,
          "total": 468
        },
        {
          "country": "MONGOLIA",
          "listening": 294,
          "reading": 211,
          "total": 505
        },
        {
          "country": "CONGO REPUBLIC",
          "listening": 275,
          "reading": 228,
          "total": 503
        }
      ]
    },
    "2025": {
      "source": "https://www.ets.org/pdfs/toeic/toeic-listening-reading-report-test-takers-worldwide.pdf",
      "countryRows": 39,
      "thailand": {
        "country": "THAILAND",
        "listening": 307,
        "reading": 224,
        "total": 531
      },
      "listeningReadingGap": 83,
      "rankFromLowestReading": 3,
      "lowerReadingMeans": [
        {
          "country": "INDONESIA",
          "listening": 269,
          "reading": 191,
          "total": 461
        },
        {
          "country": "MONGOLIA",
          "listening": 302,
          "reading": 217,
          "total": 519
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}