Male-Female Score Gap

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Figure R2a. Difference in average scores of 15-year-old female and male students on PISA reading literacy scale, by education system: 2012

NOTE: Education systems are ordered by female-male 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 females and males are significantly different at the .05 level of statistical significance. The OECD average is the average of the national average differences of the OECD member countries, with each country weighted equally. Italics indicate non-OECD countries and education systems. Results for Connecticut, Florida, and Massachusetts are for public school students only.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2012.

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Table R2b. Difference in average scores of 15-year-old female and male students on PISA reading literacy scale, by education system: 2012
Education system	Female-male difference		s.e.
OECD average	38	*	0.6
Albania	15	*	4.0
Colombia	19	*	3.5
Peru	22	*	4.3
Chile	23	*	3.3
Korea, Republic of	23	*	5.4
Mexico	24	*	1.4
Shanghai-China	24	*	2.5
Japan	24	*	4.1
Liechtenstein	24	*	8.7
United Kingdom	25	*	4.6
Costa Rica	25	*	2.6
Hong Kong-China	25	*	4.7
Netherlands	26	*	3.1
Indonesia	28	*	3.4
Ireland	29	*	4.2
Spain	29	*	2.0
Luxembourg	30	*	2.0
Brazil	31	*	1.9
Tunisia	31	*	3.1
Denmark	31	*	2.8
United States	31	*	2.6
Vietnam	31	*	2.6
Belgium	32	*	3.5
Singapore	32	*	2.6
Chinese Taipei	32	*	6.4
New Zealand	34	*	5.0
Australia	34	*	2.9
Canada	35	*	2.1
Uruguay	35	*	3.5
Macao-China	36	*	1.7
Switzerland	36	*	2.6
Kazakhstan	37	*	2.9
Austria	37	*	5.0
Argentina	38	*	3.6
Czech Republic	39	*	3.7
Italy	39	*	2.6
Portugal	39	*	2.7
Slovak Republic	39	*	4.6
Hungary	40	*	3.6
Russian Federation	40	*	3.0
Malaysia	40	*	3.1
Romania	40	*	4.1
Poland	42	*	2.9
Estonia	44	*	2.4
France	44	*	4.2
Israel	44	*	7.9
Germany	44	*	2.5
Turkey	46	*	4.0
Serbia, Republic of	46	*	3.8
Norway	46	*	3.3
Croatia	48	*	4.0
Greece	50	*	3.7
Iceland	51	*	3.3
Sweden	51	*	3.6
Latvia	55	*	4.0
Thailand	55	*	3.2
Lithuania	55	*	2.3
United Arab Emirates	55	*	4.8
Slovenia	56	*	2.7
Finland	62	*	3.1
Montenegro, Republic of	62	*	3.1
Cyprus	64	*	3.0
Bulgaria	70	*	5.2
Qatar	70	*	1.6
Jordan	75	*	6.3
U.S. state education systems
Florida	22	*	4.1
Connecticut	22	*	5.0
Massachusetts	32	*	4.2
* p<.05. All differences between females and males are significantly different at the .05 level of statistical significance. NOTE: Education systems are ordered by female-male 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 is the average of the national average differences of the OECD member countries, with each country weighted equally. 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. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2012.