
Figure CL-S-15. Standard errors for Figure 15: Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students on PISA science literacy scale, by proficiency level and jurisdiction: 2006
| Jurisdiction | Levels 5-6 (>633) |
Levels 2–4 (410–633) |
Level 1 (335–410) |
Below level 1 (<335) |
| Finland | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| New Zealand | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Hong Kong-China | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Japan | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Australia | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Canada | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| United Kingdom | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Netherlands | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| Slovenia | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Liechtenstein | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 |
| Germany | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Czech Republic | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Estonia | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Switzerland | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Korea, Republic of | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Belgium | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Austria | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Ireland | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| United States | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| France | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Sweden | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Hungary | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Denmark | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Poland | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Iceland | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Norway | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Luxembourg | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Slovak Republic | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Macao-China | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Israel | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Croatia | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Lithuania | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Spain | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Italy | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Russian Federation | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Latvia | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| Greece | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Portugal | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Bulgaria | 0.6 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| Chile | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Uruguay | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Turkey | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Serbia | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| Jordan | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Brazil | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Romania | † | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Argentina | † | 2.5 | 1.4 | 2.3 |
| Thailand | † | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Qatar | † | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Montenegro | † | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Mexico | † | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| Colombia | † | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Tunisia | † | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | † | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Indonesia | † | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| Azerbaijan | † | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| † Not applicable. | ||||
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2006. |
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