OECD total1 | 489 | 494 | 484 | 496 | 499 | 493 |
Australia | 524 | 527 | 522 | 525 | 525 | 525 |
Austria | 506 | 509 | 502 | 491 | 490 | 492 |
Belgium | 529 | 533 | 525 | 509 | 509 | 509 |
Canada | 532 | 541 | 530 | 519 | 527 | 516 |
Czech Republic | 516 | 524 | 509 | 523 | 526 | 520 |
Denmark | 514 | 523 | 506 | 475 | 484 | 467 |
Finland | 544 | 548 | 541 | 548 | 545 | 551 |
France | 511 | 515 | 507 | 511 | 511 | 511 |
Germany | 503 | 508 | 499 | 502 | 506 | 500 |
Greece | 445 | 455 | 436 | 481 | 487 | 475 |
Hungary | 490 | 494 | 486 | 503 | 503 | 504 |
Iceland | 515 | 508 | 523 | 495 | 490 | 500 |
Ireland | 503 | 510 | 495 | 505 | 506 | 504 |
Italy | 466 | 475 | 457 | 486 | 490 | 484 |
Japan | 534 | 539 | 530 | 548 | 550 | 546 |
Korea | 542 | 552 | 528 | 538 | 546 | 527 |
Luxembourg | 493 | 502 | 485 | 483 | 489 | 477 |
Mexico | 385 | 391 | 380 | 405 | 410 | 400 |
Netherlands | 538 | 540 | 535 | 524 | 527 | 522 |
New Zealand | 523 | 531 | 516 | 521 | 529 | 513 |
Norway | 495 | 498 | 492 | 484 | 485 | 483 |
Poland | 490 | 493 | 487 | 498 | 501 | 494 |
Portugal | 466 | 472 | 460 | 468 | 471 | 465 |
Slovak Republic | 498 | 507 | 489 | 495 | 502 | 487 |
Spain | 485 | 490 | 481 | 487 | 489 | 485 |
Sweden | 509 | 512 | 506 | 506 | 509 | 504 |
Switzerland | 527 | 535 | 518 | 513 | 518 | 508 |
Turkey | 423 | 430 | 415 | 434 | 434 | 434 |
United Kingdom2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
United States | 483 | 486 | 480 | 491 | 494 | 489 |
— Not available. |
1Refers to the average for OECD countries as a single entity, to which each country contributes in proportion to the number of 15-year-olds enrolled in its schools. |
2Response rates too low to ensure comparability. |
NOTE: The scale range for the PISA assessment is from 0 to 1000. The scale was designed to have an average score of 500 points, with approximately two-thirds of students achieving between 400 and 600 points. |
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2004). Learning for Tomorrow's World: First Results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003. |