Average scores of 15-year-old students on science literacy scale, by country: 2006 and 2009

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Table B.1.64.

Average scores of 15-year-old students on science literacy scale, by country: 2006 and 2009

Country	2006		2009
Country	Score	s.e.	Score	s.e.
OECD trend score¹	498	0.5	501	0.5

OECD countries
Australia	527	2.3	527	2.5
Austria	511	3.9	494	3.2
Belgium	510	2.5	507	2.5
Canada	534	2.0	529	1.6
Chile	438	4.3	447	2.9
Czech Republic	513	3.5	500	3.0
Denmark	496	3.1	499	2.5
Estonia	531	2.5	528	2.7
Finland	563	2.0	554	2.3
France	495	3.4	498	3.6
Germany	516	3.8	520	2.8
Greece	473	3.2	470	4.0
Hungary	504	2.7	503	3.1
Iceland	491	1.6	496	1.4
Ireland	508	3.2	508	3.3
Israel	454	3.7	455	3.1
Italy	475	2.0	489	1.8
Japan	531	3.4	539	3.4
Korea, Republic of	522	3.4	538	3.4
Luxembourg	486	1.1	484	1.2
Mexico	410	2.7	416	1.8
Netherlands	525	2.7	522	5.4
New Zealand	530	2.7	532	2.6
Norway	487	3.1	500	2.6
Poland	498	2.3	508	2.4
Portugal	474	3.0	493	2.9
Slovak Republic	488	2.6	490	3.0
Slovenia	519	1.1	512	1.1
Spain	488	2.6	488	2.1
Sweden	503	2.4	495	2.7
Switzerland	512	3.2	517	2.8
Turkey	424	3.8	454	3.6
United Kingdom	515	2.3	514	2.5
United States	489	4.2	502	3.6

Non-OECD countries
Albania	―	†	391	3.9
Argentina	391	6.1	401	4.6
Azerbaijan	382	2.8	373	3.1
Brazil	390	2.8	405	2.4
Bulgaria	434	6.1	439	5.9
Chinese Taipei	532	3.6	520	2.6
Colombia	388	3.4	402	3.6
Croatia	493	2.4	486	2.8
Dubai-UAE	―	†	466	1.2
Hong Kong-China	542	2.5	549	2.8
Indonesia	393	5.7	383	3.8
Jordan	422	2.8	415	3.5
Kazakhstan	―	†	400	3.1
Kyrgyz Republic	322	2.9	330	2.9
Latvia	490	3.0	494	3.1
Liechtenstein	522	4.1	520	3.4
Lithuania	488	2.8	491	2.9
Macao-China	511	1.1	511	1.0
Montenegro, Republic of	412	1.1	401	2.0
Panama	―	†	376	5.7
Peru	―	†	369	3.5
Qatar	349	0.9	379	0.9
Romania	418	4.2	428	3.4
Russian Federation	479	3.7	478	3.3
Serbia, Republic of	436	3.0	443	2.4
Shanghai-China	―	†	575	2.3
Singapore	―	†	542	1.4
Thailand	421	2.1	425	3.0
Trinidad and Tobago	―	†	410	1.2
Tunisia	386	3.0	401	2.7
Uruguay	428	2.7	427	2.6

― Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) trend scores are based on the averages of the 34 countries that participated in both the 2006 and 2009 assessments, met all technical standards, and that are currently members of the OECD.
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. Because PISA is principally an 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. Scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. Standard error is noted by s.e. In the country column, italics indicate non-national entities. UAE refers to United Arab Emirates.
SOURCE: Fleischman, H.L., Hopstock, P. J., Pelczar, M.P, and Shelly, B.E. (2010). Highlights From PISA 2009: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2011-004), supplemental table S2. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.