| Reading subscale |
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| Educational jurisdiction | Combined reading literacy |
Literary subscale |
Informational subscale |
| International average | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Alberta, Canada | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Austria | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| Belgium (Flemish) | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Belgium (French) | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| British Columbia, Canada | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Bulgaria | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Denmark | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| England | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| France | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Georgia | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Germany | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Hong Kong, SAR | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Hungary | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| Iceland | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Indonesia | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Israel | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Italy | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| Kuwait | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| Latvia | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Lithuania | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Luxembourg | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Macedonia | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| Moldova | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| Morocco | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.0 |
| Netherlands | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| New Zealand | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Norway | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Nova Scotia, Canada | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Ontario, Canada | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Poland | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Qatar | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Quebec, Canada | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Romania | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| Russian Federation | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Scotland | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Singapore | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Slovak Republic | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Slovenia | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| South Africa | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Spain | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| Sweden | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| United States | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| SOURCE: Baer, J., Baldi, S., Ayotte, K., and Green, P. (2007). The Reading Literacy of U.S. Fourth-Grade Students in an International Context: Results From the 2001 and 2006 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) (NCES 2008-017), tables R-1 and R-2, data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), 2006. |
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