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Table A-16-4. Average scores of 15-year-old students on science literacy scale, by sex and country: 2006 and 2009
  2006     2009
Country Male   Female Male-female score difference     Male   Female   Male-female score difference  
OECD average 501   499   2     501   501   #  
OECD countries                          
Australia 527   527   #     527   528   -1  
Austria 515   507   8     498   490   8  
Belgium 511   510   1     510   503   6  
Canada 536   532   4     531   526   5 *
Chile 448   426   22 *   452   443   9 *
                           
Czech Republic 515   510   5     498   503   -5  
Denmark 500   491   9 *   505   494   12 *
Estonia 530   533   -4     527   528   -1  
Finland 562   565   -3     546   562   -15 *
France 497   494   3     500   497   3  
                           
Germany 519   512   7     523   518   6  
Greece 468   479   -11 *   465   475   -10 *
Hungary 507   501   6     503   503   #  
Iceland 488   494   -6     496   495   2  
Ireland 508   509   #     507   509   -3  
                           
Israel 456   452   3     453   456   -3  
Italy 477   474   3     488   490   -2  
Japan 533   530   3     534   545   -12  
Korea, Republic of 521   523   -2     537   539   -2  
Luxembourg 491   482   9 *   487   480   7 *
                           
Mexico 413   406   7 *   419   413   6 *
Netherlands 528   521   7 *   524   520   4  
New Zealand 528   532   -4     529   535   -6  
Norway 484   489   -4     498   502   -4  
Poland 500   496   3     505   511   -6 *
                           
Portugal 477   472   5     491   495   -3  
Slovak Republic 491   485   6     490   491   -1  
Slovenia 515   523   -8 *   505   519   -14 *
Spain 491   486   4     492   485   7 *
Sweden 504   503   1     493   497   -4  
                           
Switzerland 514   509   6 *   520   512   8 *
Turkey 418   430   -12 *   448   460   -12 *
United Kingdom1 520   510   10 *   519   509   9 *
United States 489   489   1     509   495   14 *
                           
OECD average 501   499   2     501   501   #  
Non-OECD countries                          
Albania ―   ―   ―     377   406   -29 *
Argentina 384   397   -13 *   397   404   -8 *
Azerbaijan 379   386   -8 *   370   377   -7 *
Brazil 395   386   9 *   407   404   3  
Bulgaria 426   443   -17 *   430   450   -20 *
                           
Chinese Taipei 536   529   7     520   521   -1  
Colombia 393   384   9     413   392   21 *
Croatia 492   494   -2     482   491   -9  
Dubai-UAE ―   ―   ―     453   480   -27 *
Hong Kong-China 546   539   7     550   548   3  
                           
Indonesia 399   387   12     378   387   -9 *
Jordan 408   436   -29 *   398   433   -35 *
Kazakhstan ―   ―   ―     396   405   -9 *
Kyrgyz Republic 319   325   -6 *   318   340   -22 *
Latvia 486   493   -7 *   490   497   -7 *
                           
Liechtenstein 516   527   -11     527   511   16 *
Lithuania 483   493   -9 *   483   500   -17 *
Macao-China 513   509   4     510   512   -2  
Montenegro, Republic of2 411   413   -2     395   408   -13 *
Panama ―   ―   ―     375   377   -2  
                           
Peru ―   ―   ―     372   367   5  
Qatar 334   365   -32 *   366   393   -26 *
Romania 417   419   -2     423   433   -10 *
Russian Federation 481   478   3     477   480   -3  
Serbia, Republic of2 433   438   -5     442   443   -1  
                           
Shanghai-China ―   ―   ―     574   575   -1  
Singapore ―   ―   ―     541   542   -1  
Thailand 411   428   -17 *   418   431   -13 *
Trinidad and Tobago ―   ―   ―     401   419   -18 *
Tunisia 383   388   -5     401   400   1  
Uruguay 427   430   -3     427   428   -1  
―Not available.
# Rounds to zero.
*p<.05. Male average is significantly different from the female average at the05 level of statistical significance.
NOTE: The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) science framework was revised in 2006. Because of changes in the framework, it is not possible to compare science learning outcomes from PISA 2000 and 2003 with those from PISA 2006 and 2009. For more details, see the PISA 2009 international report (OECD 2010). Because PISA is principally an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) study, the results for non-OECD countries are displayed separately from those of the OECD countries and are not included in the OECD average. Italics indicate education systems in non-national entities. UAE is the United Arab Emirates. Scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. For more information on PISA, see supplemental note 5.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2007). PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World (Volume II), Table 2.1c. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2010). PISA 2009 Results: What Students Know and Can Do: Student Performance in Reading, Mathematics and Science (Volume I), Table I.3.6.
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