Table M4. Average scores of 15-year-old students on PISA mathematics literacy scale, by education system: 2012 | ||||||||
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Education system | Average score | s.e. | Education system | Average score | s.e. | |||
OECD average | 494 | ![]() |
0.5 | |||||
Shanghai-China | 613 | ![]() |
3.3 | Lithuania | 479 | 2.6 | ||
Singapore | 573 | ![]() |
1.3 | Sweden | 478 | 2.3 | ||
Hong Kong-China | 561 | ![]() |
3.2 | Hungary | 477 | 3.2 | ||
Chinese Taipei | 560 | ![]() |
3.3 | Croatia | 471 | ![]() |
3.5 | |
Korea, Republic of | 554 | ![]() |
4.6 | Israel | 466 | ![]() |
4.7 | |
Macao-China | 538 | ![]() |
1.0 | Greece | 453 | ![]() |
2.5 | |
Japan | 536 | ![]() |
3.6 | Serbia, Republic of | 449 | ![]() |
3.4 | |
Liechtenstein | 535 | ![]() |
4.0 | Turkey | 448 | ![]() |
4.8 | |
Switzerland | 531 | ![]() |
3.0 | Romania | 445 | ![]() |
3.8 | |
Netherlands | 523 | ![]() |
3.5 | Cyprus | 440 | ![]() |
1.1 | |
Estonia | 521 | ![]() |
2.0 | Bulgaria | 439 | ![]() |
4.0 | |
Finland | 519 | ![]() |
1.9 | United Arab Emirates | 434 | ![]() |
2.4 | |
Canada | 518 | ![]() |
1.8 | Kazakhstan | 432 | ![]() |
3.0 | |
Poland | 518 | ![]() |
3.6 | Thailand | 427 | ![]() |
3.4 | |
Belgium | 515 | ![]() |
2.1 | Chile | 423 | ![]() |
3.1 | |
Germany | 514 | ![]() |
2.9 | Malaysia | 421 | ![]() |
3.2 | |
Vietnam | 511 | ![]() |
4.8 | Mexico | 413 | ![]() |
1.4 | |
Austria | 506 | ![]() |
2.7 | Montenegro, Republic of | 410 | ![]() |
1.1 | |
Australia | 504 | ![]() |
1.6 | Uruguay | 409 | ![]() |
2.8 | |
Ireland | 501 | ![]() |
2.2 | Costa Rica | 407 | ![]() |
3.0 | |
Slovenia | 501 | ![]() |
1.2 | Albania | 394 | ![]() |
2.0 | |
Denmark | 500 | ![]() |
2.3 | Brazil | 391 | ![]() |
2.1 | |
New Zealand | 500 | ![]() |
2.2 | Argentina | 388 | ![]() |
3.5 | |
Czech Republic | 499 | ![]() |
2.9 | Tunisia | 388 | ![]() |
3.9 | |
France | 495 | ![]() |
2.5 | Jordan | 386 | ![]() |
3.1 | |
United Kingdom | 494 | ![]() |
3.3 | Colombia | 376 | ![]() |
2.9 | |
Iceland | 493 | ![]() |
1.7 | Qatar | 376 | ![]() |
0.8 | |
Latvia | 491 | ![]() |
2.8 | Indonesia | 375 | ![]() |
4.0 | |
Luxembourg | 490 | ![]() |
1.1 | Peru | 368 | ![]() |
3.7 | |
Norway | 489 | 2.7 | ||||||
Portugal | 487 | 3.8 | U.S. state education systems | |||||
Italy | 485 | 2.0 | ||||||
Spain | 484 | 1.9 | ||||||
Russian Federation | 482 | 3.0 | Massachusetts | 514 | ![]() |
6.2 | ||
Slovak Republic | 482 | 3.4 | Connecticut | 506 | ![]() |
6.2 | ||
United States | 481 | 3.6 | Florida | 467 | ![]() |
5.8 | ||
![]() ![]() NOTE: Education systems are ordered by 2012 average score. The OECD average is the average of the national averages of the OECD member countries, with each country weighted equally. Scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. All average scores reported as higher or lower than the U.S. average score are different at the .05 level of statistical significance. Standard error is noted by s.e. Italics indicate non-OECD countries and education systems. Results for Connecticut, Florida, and Massachusetts are for public school students only. This table corresponds to table 1 in Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Mathematics, Science, and Reading Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2014-024). SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2012. |