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| Table 410. | Mean scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students scoring at each mathematics literacy proficiency level, by country: 2009 |
| Country or other jurisdiction | Mean score | Percentage distribution at levels of proficiency1 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Below Level 1 |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| OECD total2 | 488 | (1.2) | 9.3 | (0.25) | 15.5 | (0.33) | 22.7 | (0.31) | 23.5 | (0.24) | 17.3 | (0.30) | 8.9 | (0.24) | 2.8 | (0.16) |
| OECD average3 | 496 | (0.5) | 8.0 | (0.12) | 14.0 | (0.13) | 22.0 | (0.15) | 24.3 | (0.17) | 18.9 | (0.15) | 9.6 | (0.12) | 3.1 | (0.08) |
| Australia | 514 | (2.5) | 5.1 | (0.33) | 10.8 | (0.53) | 20.3 | (0.61) | 25.8 | (0.54) | 21.7 | (0.56) | 11.9 | (0.54) | 4.5 | (0.56) |
| Austria | 496 | (2.7) | 7.8 | (0.75) | 15.4 | (0.90) | 21.2 | (0.88) | 23.0 | (0.89) | 19.6 | (0.93) | 9.9 | (0.70) | 3.0 | (0.35) |
| Belgium | 515 | (2.3) | 7.7 | (0.63) | 11.3 | (0.54) | 17.5 | (0.69) | 21.8 | (0.73) | 21.3 | (0.76) | 14.6 | (0.56) | 5.8 | (0.44) |
| Canada | 527 | (1.6) | 3.1 | (0.25) | 8.3 | (0.42) | 18.8 | (0.48) | 26.5 | (0.86) | 25.0 | (0.68) | 13.9 | (0.45) | 4.4 | (0.27) |
| Chile | 421 | (3.1) | 21.7 | (1.19) | 29.4 | (1.09) | 27.3 | (0.98) | 14.8 | (0.96) | 5.6 | (0.59) | 1.2 | (0.29) | 0.1 | (0.09) |
| Czech Republic | 493 | (2.8) | 7.0 | (0.83) | 15.3 | (0.82) | 24.2 | (1.00) | 24.4 | (1.09) | 17.4 | (0.81) | 8.5 | (0.64) | 3.2 | (0.39) |
| Denmark | 503 | (2.6) | 4.9 | (0.49) | 12.1 | (0.80) | 23.0 | (0.91) | 27.4 | (1.06) | 21.0 | (0.89) | 9.1 | (0.83) | 2.5 | (0.47) |
| Estonia | 512 | (2.6) | 3.0 | (0.42) | 9.6 | (0.68) | 22.7 | (0.86) | 29.9 | (0.94) | 22.7 | (0.81) | 9.8 | (0.79) | 2.2 | (0.43) |
| Finland | 541 | (2.2) | 1.7 | (0.25) | 6.1 | (0.45) | 15.6 | (0.83) | 27.1 | (0.95) | 27.8 | (0.87) | 16.7 | (0.79) | 4.9 | (0.53) |
| France | 497 | (3.1) | 9.5 | (0.88) | 13.1 | (1.07) | 19.9 | (0.94) | 23.8 | (1.12) | 20.1 | (1.01) | 10.4 | (0.72) | 3.3 | (0.48) |
| Germany | 513 | (2.9) | 6.4 | (0.63) | 12.2 | (0.72) | 18.8 | (0.88) | 23.1 | (0.87) | 21.7 | (0.92) | 13.2 | (0.87) | 4.6 | (0.46) |
| Greece | 466 | (3.9) | 11.3 | (1.22) | 19.1 | (1.01) | 26.4 | (1.25) | 24.0 | (1.05) | 13.6 | (0.78) | 4.9 | (0.56) | 0.8 | (0.16) |
| Hungary | 490 | (3.5) | 8.1 | (0.99) | 14.2 | (0.95) | 23.2 | (1.18) | 26.0 | (1.24) | 18.4 | (1.02) | 8.1 | (0.79) | 2.0 | (0.45) |
| Iceland | 507 | (1.4) | 5.7 | (0.43) | 11.3 | (0.52) | 21.3 | (0.88) | 27.3 | (0.90) | 20.9 | (0.90) | 10.5 | (0.67) | 3.1 | (0.40) |
| Ireland | 487 | (2.5) | 7.3 | (0.63) | 13.6 | (0.74) | 24.5 | (1.09) | 28.6 | (1.20) | 19.4 | (0.92) | 5.8 | (0.59) | 0.9 | (0.20) |
| Israel | 447 | (3.3) | 20.5 | (1.17) | 18.9 | (0.90) | 22.5 | (0.92) | 20.1 | (0.87) | 12.0 | (0.71) | 4.7 | (0.51) | 1.2 | (0.28) |
| Italy | 483 | (1.9) | 9.1 | (0.44) | 15.9 | (0.48) | 24.2 | (0.59) | 24.6 | (0.48) | 17.3 | (0.57) | 7.4 | (0.40) | 1.6 | (0.15) |
| Japan | 529 | (3.3) | 4.0 | (0.57) | 8.5 | (0.65) | 17.4 | (0.90) | 25.7 | (1.08) | 23.5 | (1.04) | 14.7 | (0.88) | 6.2 | (0.78) |
| Korea, Republic of | 546 | (4.0) | 1.9 | (0.49) | 6.2 | (0.72) | 15.6 | (0.99) | 24.4 | (1.21) | 26.3 | (1.30) | 17.7 | (0.97) | 7.8 | (0.96) |
| Luxembourg | 489 | (1.2) | 9.6 | (0.53) | 14.4 | (0.57) | 22.7 | (0.72) | 23.1 | (0.98) | 19.0 | (0.82) | 9.0 | (0.61) | 2.3 | (0.36) |
| Mexico | 419 | (1.8) | 21.9 | (0.79) | 28.9 | (0.59) | 28.3 | (0.61) | 15.6 | (0.56) | 4.7 | (0.36) | 0.7 | (0.11) | # | (†) |
| Netherlands | 526 | (4.7) | 2.8 | (0.59) | 10.6 | (1.33) | 19.0 | (1.37) | 23.9 | (0.98) | 23.9 | (1.25) | 15.4 | (1.18) | 4.4 | (0.52) |
| New Zealand | 519 | (2.3) | 5.3 | (0.53) | 10.2 | (0.54) | 19.1 | (0.84) | 24.4 | (0.88) | 22.2 | (0.98) | 13.6 | (0.74) | 5.3 | (0.45) |
| Norway | 498 | (2.4) | 5.5 | (0.50) | 12.7 | (0.83) | 24.3 | (0.93) | 27.5 | (1.02) | 19.7 | (0.86) | 8.4 | (0.58) | 1.8 | (0.34) |
| Poland | 495 | (2.8) | 6.1 | (0.54) | 14.4 | (0.75) | 24.0 | (0.88) | 26.1 | (0.77) | 19.0 | (0.85) | 8.2 | (0.61) | 2.2 | (0.41) |
| Portugal | 487 | (2.9) | 8.4 | (0.62) | 15.3 | (0.83) | 23.9 | (0.93) | 25.0 | (1.03) | 17.7 | (0.79) | 7.7 | (0.63) | 1.9 | (0.35) |
| Slovak Republic | 497 | (3.1) | 7.0 | (0.68) | 14.0 | (0.79) | 23.2 | (1.08) | 25.0 | (1.54) | 18.1 | (1.24) | 9.1 | (0.69) | 3.6 | (0.63) |
| Slovenia | 501 | (1.2) | 6.5 | (0.40) | 13.8 | (0.60) | 22.5 | (0.67) | 23.9 | (0.69) | 19.0 | (0.79) | 10.3 | (0.57) | 3.9 | (0.36) |
| Spain | 483 | (2.1) | 9.1 | (0.48) | 14.6 | (0.58) | 23.9 | (0.58) | 26.6 | (0.63) | 17.7 | (0.62) | 6.7 | (0.39) | 1.3 | (0.16) |
| Sweden | 494 | (2.9) | 7.5 | (0.65) | 13.6 | (0.72) | 23.4 | (0.81) | 25.2 | (0.75) | 19.0 | (0.88) | 8.9 | (0.64) | 2.5 | (0.35) |
| Switzerland | 534 | (3.3) | 4.5 | (0.40) | 9.0 | (0.65) | 15.9 | (0.63) | 23.0 | (0.92) | 23.5 | (0.80) | 16.3 | (0.78) | 7.8 | (0.75) |
| Turkey | 445 | (4.4) | 17.7 | (1.35) | 24.5 | (1.11) | 25.2 | (1.18) | 17.4 | (1.07) | 9.6 | (0.90) | 4.4 | (0.91) | 1.3 | (0.46) |
| United Kingdom | 492 | (2.4) | 6.2 | (0.46) | 14.0 | (0.71) | 24.9 | (0.88) | 27.2 | (1.10) | 17.9 | (0.96) | 8.1 | (0.63) | 1.8 | (0.27) |
| United States | 487 | (3.6) | 8.1 | (0.72) | 15.3 | (0.98) | 24.4 | (0.97) | 25.2 | (0.95) | 17.1 | (0.93) | 8.0 | (0.85) | 1.9 | (0.46) |
| Reporting partner countries | ||||||||||||||||
| Albania | 377 | (4.0) | 40.5 | (1.76) | 27.2 | (1.22) | 20.2 | (1.25) | 9.1 | (0.85) | 2.65 | (0.58) | 0.4 | (0.16) | # | (†) |
| Argentina | 388 | (4.1) | 37.2 | (1.75) | 26.4 | (1.11) | 20.8 | (1.09) | 10.9 | (0.95) | 3.92 | (0.66) | 0.8 | (0.26) | 0.1 | (0.07) |
| Azerbaijan | 431 | (2.8) | 11.5 | (0.96) | 33.8 | (1.24) | 35.3 | (1.29) | 14.8 | (1.04) | 3.56 | (0.51) | 0.9 | (0.34) | 0.2 | (0.12) |
| Brazil | 386 | (2.4) | 38.1 | (1.25) | 31.0 | (0.91) | 19.0 | (0.75) | 8.1 | (0.64) | 2.98 | (0.32) | 0.7 | (0.19) | 0.1 | (0.05) |
| Bulgaria | 428 | (5.9) | 24.5 | (1.91) | 22.7 | (1.08) | 23.4 | (1.11) | 17.5 | (1.36) | 8.2 | (0.90) | 3.0 | (0.70) | 0.8 | (0.36) |
| Colombia | 381 | (3.2) | 38.8 | (2.02) | 31.6 | (1.30) | 20.3 | (1.28) | 7.5 | (0.66) | 1.6 | (0.33) | 0.1 | (0.06) | # | (†) |
| Croatia | 460 | (3.1) | 12.4 | (0.85) | 20.8 | (0.94) | 26.7 | (0.83) | 22.7 | (0.97) | 12.5 | (0.84) | 4.3 | (0.51) | 0.6 | (0.22) |
| Dubai (UAE) | 453 | (1.1) | 17.6 | (0.49) | 21.2 | (0.59) | 23.0 | (0.79) | 19.6 | (0.63) | 12.1 | (0.55) | 5.3 | (0.39) | 1.2 | (0.19) |
| Hong Kong-China | 555 | (2.7) | 2.6 | (0.40) | 6.2 | (0.53) | 13.2 | (0.67) | 21.9 | (0.84) | 25.4 | (0.91) | 19.9 | (0.82) | 10.8 | (0.78) |
| Indonesia | 371 | (3.7) | 43.5 | (2.21) | 33.1 | (1.54) | 16.9 | (1.14) | 5.4 | (0.91) | 0.92 | (0.32) | 0.1 | (0.05) | ‡ | (†) |
| Jordan | 387 | (3.7) | 35.4 | (1.67) | 29.9 | (1.20) | 22.9 | (1.03) | 9.5 | (0.94) | 2.13 | (0.44) | 0.3 | (0.17) | # | (†) |
| Kazakhstan | 405 | (3.0) | 29.6 | (1.31) | 29.6 | (0.94) | 23.5 | (0.88) | 12.0 | (0.80) | 4.2 | (0.48) | 0.9 | (0.29) | 0.3 | (0.19) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 331 | (2.9) | 64.8 | (1.43) | 21.8 | (0.98) | 9.3 | (0.76) | 3.3 | (0.51) | 0.71 | (0.24) | # | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Latvia | 482 | (3.1) | 5.8 | (0.69) | 16.7 | (1.15) | 27.2 | (1.04) | 28.2 | (1.08) | 16.4 | (1.01) | 5.1 | (0.50) | 0.6 | (0.15) |
| Liechtenstein | 536 | (4.1) | 3.0 | (0.99) | 6.5 | (1.61) | 15.0 | (2.18) | 26.2 | (2.26) | 31.2 | (3.25) | 13.0 | (2.45) | 5.0 | (1.42) |
| Lithuania | 477 | (2.6) | 9.0 | (0.79) | 17.3 | (0.85) | 26.1 | (1.10) | 25.3 | (0.98) | 15.4 | (0.77) | 5.7 | (0.56) | 1.3 | (0.26) |
| Macao-China | 525 | (0.9) | 2.8 | (0.25) | 8.2 | (0.46) | 19.6 | (0.58) | 27.8 | (0.90) | 24.5 | (0.78) | 12.8 | (0.43) | 4.3 | (0.28) |
| Montenegro | 403 | (2.0) | 29.6 | (1.07) | 28.8 | (1.00) | 24.6 | (1.04) | 12.2 | (0.68) | 3.81 | (0.35) | 0.9 | (0.20) | 0.1 | (0.05) |
| Panama | 360 | (5.2) | 51.5 | (2.90) | 27.3 | (1.72) | 13.9 | (1.51) | 5.6 | (0.92) | 1.4 | (0.36) | 0.4 | (0.22) | # | (†) |
| Peru | 365 | (4.0) | 47.6 | (1.81) | 25.9 | (1.16) | 16.9 | (1.26) | 6.8 | (0.70) | 2.09 | (0.43) | 0.5 | (0.18) | 0.1 | (0.06) |
| Qatar | 368 | (0.7) | 51.1 | (0.56) | 22.7 | (0.64) | 13.1 | (0.48) | 7.2 | (0.35) | 4.18 | (0.25) | 1.5 | (0.17) | 0.3 | (0.08) |
| Romania | 427 | (3.4) | 19.5 | (1.42) | 27.5 | (1.15) | 28.6 | (1.39) | 17.3 | (1.02) | 5.9 | (0.77) | 1.2 | (0.33) | 0.1 | (0.08) |
| Russian Federation | 468 | (3.3) | 9.5 | (0.92) | 19.0 | (1.16) | 28.5 | (1.03) | 25.0 | (1.00) | 12.7 | (0.87) | 4.3 | (0.57) | 1.0 | (0.27) |
| Serbia | 442 | (2.9) | 17.6 | (1.04) | 22.9 | (0.84) | 26.5 | (1.07) | 19.9 | (0.97) | 9.49 | (0.62) | 2.9 | (0.41) | 0.6 | (0.18) |
| Shanghai-China | 600 | (2.8) | 1.4 | (0.26) | 3.4 | (0.38) | 8.7 | (0.63) | 15.2 | (0.79) | 20.8 | (0.79) | 23.8 | (0.80) | 26.6 | (1.19) |
| Singapore | 562 | (1.4) | 3.0 | (0.26) | 6.8 | (0.57) | 13.1 | (0.56) | 18.7 | (0.80) | 22.8 | (0.62) | 20.0 | (0.87) | 15.6 | (0.63) |
| Chinese Taipei | 543 | (3.4) | 4.2 | (0.48) | 8.6 | (0.65) | 15.5 | (0.68) | 20.9 | (0.88) | 22.2 | (0.86) | 17.2 | (0.92) | 11.3 | (1.16) |
| Thailand | 419 | (3.2) | 22.1 | (1.37) | 30.4 | (0.92) | 27.3 | (1.09) | 14.0 | (0.85) | 4.89 | (0.57) | 1.0 | (0.27) | 0.3 | (0.22) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 414 | (1.3) | 30.1 | (0.79) | 23.1 | (0.97) | 21.2 | (0.89) | 15.4 | (0.63) | 7.71 | (0.44) | 2.1 | (0.25) | 0.3 | (0.15) |
| Tunisia | 371 | (3.0) | 43.4 | (1.66) | 30.2 | (1.46) | 18.7 | (0.90) | 6.1 | (0.69) | 1.33 | (0.44) | 0.2 | (0.16) | # | (†) |
| Uruguay | 427 | (2.6) | 22.9 | (1.16) | 24.6 | (1.08) | 25.1 | (0.99) | 17.0 | (0.73) | 7.86 | (0.55) | 2.1 | (0.34) | 0.3 | (0.12) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 Level 1: Able to answer questions involving familiar contexts where all relevant information is present and the questions are clearly defined. Level 2: Able to interpret and recognize situations in contexts that require no more than direct inference; extract relevant information from a single source; employ basic algorithms, formulae, procedures, or conventions; and employ direct reasoning for literal interpretations of results. Level 3: Able to execute clearly described procedures, select and apply simple problem solving strategies, interpret and use representations based on different information sources, and develop short communications reporting one's interpretations, results, and reasoning. Level 4: Able to work effectively with explicit models for complex concrete situations that may involve constraints or call for making assumptions, select and integrate different representations, reason with some insight, and construct and communicate explanations and arguments based on one's interpretations and actions. Level 5: Able to develop and work with models for complex situations, select and evaluate appropriate problem solving strategies, work strategically using broad, well-developed thinking and reasoning skills, and communicate one's interpretations and reasoning. Level 6: Able to conceptualize, generalize, and utilize information; link different information sources and representations; perform advanced mathematical thinking and reasoning; develop new approaches and strategies for attacking novel situations; and formulate and precisely communicate actions and reflections regarding findings and interpretations. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 Illustrates how a country compares with the OECD area as a whole. Computed by taking the OECD countries as a single entity to which each country contributes in proportion to the number of 15-year-olds enrolled in its schools. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 Refers to the mean of the data values for all OECD countries, to which each country contributes equally, regardless of the absolute size of the student population of each country. | ||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: PISA scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2009, PISA 2009 Results: What Students Know and Can Do—Student Performance in Reading, Mathematics and Science (Volume I). (This table was prepared December 2010.) |
