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Table S-16-2. Standard Errors for the Average scores of 15-year-old students on mathematics literacy scale, by sex and country: 2003 and 2009
  2003   2009
Country Male   Female Male-female score difference   Male   Female   Male-female score difference
OECD average 0.8   0.8   0.8   0.6   0.6   0.6
OECD countries                      
Australia 3.0   2.7   3.8   3.0   2.8   2.9
Austria 4.0   4.0   4.4   3.4   4.0   5.1
Belgium 3.4   3.2   4.8   3.3   3.0   4.3
Canada 2.1   1.9   2.1   2.0   1.7   1.8
Chile †   †   †   3.7   3.6   4.1
                       
Czech Republic 4.3   4.4   5.1   3.9   3.0   4.1
Denmark 3.4   3.0   3.2   3.0   2.9   2.7
Estonia †   †   †   2.9   2.9   2.6
Finland 2.5   2.1   2.7   2.5   2.5   2.6
France 3.6   2.9   4.2   3.8   3.4   3.8
                       
Germany 4.0   3.9   4.4   3.6   3.3   3.9
Greece 4.8   3.8   3.6   5.4   3.3   4.2
Hungary 3.3   3.3   3.5   4.2   3.9   4.5
Iceland 2.3   2.2   3.5   2.0   1.9   2.8
Ireland 3.0   3.4   4.2   3.4   3.0   3.9
                       
Israel †   †   †   4.7   3.3   4.7
Italy 4.6   3.8   5.9   2.3   2.2   2.7
Japan 5.8   4.0   5.9   5.3   3.9   6.5
Korea, Republic of 4.4   5.3   6.8   6.2   4.5   7.4
Luxembourg 1.9   1.5   2.8   2.0   1.3   2.4
                       
Mexico 4.3   4.1   3.9   2.1   1.9   1.5
Netherlands 4.1   3.5   4.3   4.8   5.1   2.4
New Zealand 2.8   3.2   3.9   3.2   2.9   4.1
Norway 2.8   2.9   3.2   2.7   2.8   2.7
Poland 3.0   2.9   3.1   3.0   3.2   2.6
                       
Portugal 4.2   3.4   3.3   3.3   3.1   2.5
Slovak Republic 3.9   3.6   3.7   3.7   3.4   3.6
Slovenia †   †   †   1.8   1.7   2.6
Spain 3.4   2.2   3.0   2.3   2.5   2.2
Sweden 3.0   3.1   3.3   3.1   3.3   2.7
                       
Switzerland 4.7   3.6   4.9   3.7   3.4   3.0
Turkey 7.9   6.7   6.2   4.6   5.6   5.1
United Kingdom †   †   †   3.2   3.3   4.4
United States 3.3   3.2   2.9   4.0   3.8   3.2
                       
Non-OECD countries                      
Albania †   †   †   4.7   4.2   4.1
Argentina †   †   †   4.5   4.4   3.4
Azerbaijan †   †   †   3.1   3.0   2.7
Brazil 6.1   4.4   4.1   2.4   2.6   1.7
Bulgaria †   †   †   6.2   6.0   3.7
                       
Chinese Taipei †   †   †   4.8   4.8   6.8
Colombia †   †   †   4.0   3.3   3.5
Croatia †   †   †   3.6   3.9   4.4
Dubai-UAE †   †   †   1.5   1.6   2.2
Hong Kong-China 6.5   4.6   6.6   4.2   3.4   5.6
                       
Indonesia 3.9   4.6   3.4   4.1   4.0   3.2
Jordan †   †   †   5.1   5.2   †
Kazakhstan †   †   †   3.1   3.3   2.3
Kyrgyz Republic †   †   †   3.4   2.8   2.3
Latvia 4.8   3.6   4.0   3.5   3.4   3.2
                       
Liechtenstein 7.2   6.3   10.9   5.2   5.9   7.6
Lithuania †   †   †   3.1   3.0   3.0
Macao-China 4.8   3.3   5.8   1.3   1.4   2.0
Montenegro, Republic of †   †   †   2.2   2.4   2.2
Panama †   †   †   5.6   6.1   5.0
                       
Peru †   †   †   4.6   4.4   4.0
Qatar †   †   †   1.2   1.0   1.7
Romania †   †   †   3.9   3.8   3.5
Russian Federation 5.3   4.2   4.4   3.7   3.5   2.8
Serbia, Republic of 4.2   4.5   4.4   3.8   3.2   4.0
                       
Shanghai-China †   †   †   3.7   3.1   4.0
Singapore †   †   †   1.9   2.0   2.5
Thailand 4.0   3.4   4.2   3.9   3.8   4.2
Trinidad and Tobago †   †   †   2.3   1.5   2.9
Tunisia 2.7   2.9   2.5   3.3   3.2   2.3
Uruguay 4.0   3.8   4.2   3.0   2.9   2.7
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2004). Learning for Tomorrow's World – First Results from PISA 2003, Table 2.5c. 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.3.3.