Male-Female Score Gap

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Figure PS2a. Difference in average scores of 15-year-old female and male students on PISA problem solving scale, by education system: 2012

# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Education systems are ordered by absolute male-female difference in 2012 average score. Differences were computed using unrounded numbers. Scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. Score differences as noted between males and females are significantly different at the .05 level of statistical significance. The OECD average (PS) is the average of the national percentages of the 28 OECD member countries that participated in the problem solving (PS) assessment, with each country weighted equally. The following OECD countries did not participate in the problem solving assessment: Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, and Switzerland. Italics indicate non-OECD countries and education systems.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2012.

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Table PS2b. Difference in average scores of 15-year-old female and male students on PISA problem solving scale, by education system: 2012
Education system	Male-female difference		s.e.
OECD average (PS)	7	*	0.8
Poland	#		†
Spain	2		3.4
Australia	2		2.6
United States	3		3.1
Norway	-3		3.6
Hungary	3		4.8
Sweden	-4		3.6
Slovenia	-4		3.0
France	5		3.1
Estonia	5		3.1
Netherlands	5		3.3
Ireland	5		5.0
Canada	5	*	2.2
Montenegro, Republic of	-6	*	2.8
United Kingdom	6		5.5
Israel	6		8.5
Finland	-6	*	3.0
Germany	7	*	2.9
Czech Republic	8		4.1
Malaysia	8	*	3.7
Belgium	8	*	3.7
Russian Federation	8	*	3.1
Cyprus	-9	*	2.5
Singapore	9	*	2.5
Denmark	10	*	3.1
Macao-China	10	*	2.0
Uruguay	11	*	3.4
Austria	12	*	4.8
Chinese Taipei	12		6.3
Korea, Republic of	13	*	5.5
Chile	13	*	3.8
Hong Kong-China	13	*	5.2
Serbia, Republic of	15	*	3.5
Turkey	15	*	4.0
Croatia	15	*	4.4
Portugal	16	*	2.6
Bulgaria	-17	*	4.9
Italy	18	*	5.7
Japan	19	*	3.7
Slovak Republic	22	*	4.4
Brazil	22	*	3.3
Shanghai-China	25	*	2.9
United Arab Emirates	-26	*	5.6
Colombia	31	*	3.8
† Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. * p<.05. All differences between males and females are significantly different at the05 level of statistical significance. NOTE: Education systems are ordered by absolute male-female difference in 2012 average score. Differences were computed using unrounded numbers. Scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. The OECD average (PS) is the average of the national percentages of the 28 OECD member countries that participated in the problem solving (PS) assessment, with each country weighted equally. The following OECD countries did not participate in the problem solving assessment: Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, and Switzerland. Standard error is noted by s.e. Italics indicate non-OECD countries and education systems. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2012.