| Content domain | Percentile | ||||||||
| Country (ordered by total score) |
Total mathematics | Number | Algebra | Geometry | Data and chance | 90th | 10th | ||
| TIMSS scale average | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | ||
| Chinese Taipei | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 6.5 | ||
| Korea, Republic of | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| Singapore | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 8.7 | ||
| Hong Kong SAR | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 14.9 | ||
| Japan | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 5.5 | ||
| Hungary | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 | ||
| England | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 9.0 | ||
| Russian Federation | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 6.9 | ||
| United States | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Lithuania | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 5.3 | ||
| Czech Republic | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| Slovenia | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| Armenia | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| Australia | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 7.9 | 8.3 | ||
| Sweden | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.1 | ||
| Malta | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | ||
| Scotland | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 6.5 | ||
| Serbia | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 3.8 | ||
| Italy | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| Malaysia | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 8.0 | ||
| Norway | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| Cyprus | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 8.0 | ||
| Bulgaria | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 9.4 | ||
| Israel | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 8.3 | ||
| Ukraine | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 7.0 | ||
| Romania | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 7.5 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.6 | ||
| Lebanon | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.8 | ||
| Thailand | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 11.0 | 4.7 | ||
| Turkey | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 7.7 | 4.9 | ||
| Jordan | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 7.2 | ||
| Tunisia | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||
| Georgia | 6.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 10.1 | 8.4 | ||
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 4.7 | ||
| Bahrain | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| Indonesia | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 8.7 | ||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 5.0 | ||
| Egypt | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| Algeria | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 3.2 | ||
| Colombia | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 6.7 | ||
| Oman | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 6.5 | ||
| Palestinian National Authority | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 6.4 | ||
| Botswana | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| Kuwait | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 4.6 | ||
| El Salvador | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| Ghana | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| Qatar | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | ||
| SOURCE: Gonzales, P., Williams, T., Jocelyn, L., Roey, S., Kastberg, D., and Brenwald, S. (2008). Highlights From TIMSS 2007: Mathematics and Science Achievement of U.S. Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students in an International Context (NCES 2009-001), tables E-2, E-4, and E-7. Data from International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007. | |||||||||
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