Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): 2015 Results

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Science Literacy: Proficiency Levels

Overall High and Low Performers Content Subscales Process Subscales

Content Subscales

Table S5. Percentage distribution of 15-year-old students on the PISA science literacy content subscales, by proficiency level and education system: 2015—Continued (NOTE: this is a 3-part table. See Part 1 \| Part 3)
	Living systems
Education system	Below level 1a		Level 1a		Level 2		Level 3		Level 4			Level 5			Level 6
Education system	Percent	*s.e.*	Percent	*s.e.*	Percent	*s.e.*	Percent	*s.e.*	Percent		*s.e.*	Percent		*s.e.*	Percent		*s.e.*
OECD average	6.4	0.10	15.8	0.13	24.3	0.15	26.4	0.16	18.8		0.14	7.0		0.09	1.3		0.04
Albania	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Algeria	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Australia	5.6	0.31	13.2	0.47	21.2	0.51	25.7	0.63	21.4		0.59	9.9		0.51	2.9		0.24
Austria	6.3	0.52	16.2	0.71	23.6	0.87	27.1	0.88	18.9		0.74	6.9		0.49	1.1		0.20
B-S-J-G (China)	4.3	0.61	11.9	0.86	20.7	1.09	26.3	1.13	23.9		1.18	11.1		1.00	1.9		0.38
Belgium	6.2	0.53	14.1	0.58	21.3	0.63	25.6	0.65	22.7		0.67	8.9		0.44	1.2		0.17
Brazil	23.8	0.94	31.1	0.76	25.3	0.61	13.7	0.67	5.0		0.44	1.0		0.18	‡		†
Buenos Aires (Argentina)	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Bulgaria	16.1	1.30	23.3	1.07	24.7	1.03	21.3	1.05	11.4		0.90	2.9		0.48	#	!	†
Canada	2.8	0.25	9.6	0.47	20.0	0.61	28.3	0.70	25.6		0.72	11.1		0.61	2.7		0.26
Chile	9.8	0.79	23.5	0.91	30.3	1.00	24.0	0.92	10.6		0.81	1.8		0.26	#	!	†
Chinese Taipei	3.5	0.37	9.2	0.55	17.6	0.56	26.8	0.84	27.2		0.95	13.0		0.84	2.8		0.47
Colombia	15.8	0.99	32.0	0.89	29.8	0.87	16.9	0.74	5.0		0.42	0.6		0.14	‡		†
Costa Rica	11.6	0.86	34.6	1.11	34.3	1.05	16.0	0.92	3.2		0.45	#	!	†	‡		†
Croatia	5.6	0.62	18.7	0.92	29.0	0.92	27.6	1.05	14.9		0.72	3.7		0.41	0.4		0.1
Cyprus	15.5	0.65	26.2	0.74	28.7	0.83	19.4	0.74	8.2		0.53	1.8		0.27	#	!	†
Czech Republic	5.4	0.65	16.0	0.82	25.1	0.80	27.2	0.94	18.7		0.83	6.6		0.47	1.0		0.19
Denmark	4.6	0.42	14.3	0.83	25.6	0.90	29.3	0.82	18.8		0.83	6.3		0.50	1.0		0.22
Dominican Republic	55.2	1.57	29.8	1.28	11.4	0.84	3.1	0.53	#	!	†	‡		†	‡		†
Estonia	1.6	0.26	7.8	0.63	20.5	0.81	30.9	0.82	25.9		0.89	11.3		0.58	2.0		0.24
Finland	2.6	0.34	9.4	0.53	20.4	0.78	28.8	0.82	25.5		1.02	11.0		0.66	2.4		0.35
France	7.5	0.66	15.3	0.69	21.3	0.89	25.3	0.89	21.2		0.84	8.2		0.56	1.1		0.21
Georgia	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Germany	5.1	0.51	13.1	0.67	22.0	0.83	26.5	0.83	21.3		0.91	9.5		0.56	2.4		0.33
Greece	10.3	1.14	22.0	1.10	27.8	0.98	25.6	1.09	11.9		0.82	2.3		0.42	‡		†
Hong Kong (China)	1.7	0.33	7.7	0.71	19.7	0.83	36.1	1.02	27.6		1.02	6.9		0.59	#	!	†
Hungary	8.6	0.86	18.7	0.87	25.6	0.91	26.6	1.01	16.2		0.83	4.0		0.42	#	!	†
Iceland	7.1	0.49	18.4	0.78	27.4	1.20	26.6	1.13	15.7		0.96	4.3		0.49	0.5		0.14
Indonesia	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Ireland	3.5	0.47	13.0	0.71	27.0	0.86	30.0	1.02	19.3		0.78	6.2		0.48	1.0		0.20
Israel	11.5	0.86	18.8	0.93	24.5	0.87	23.2	1.02	15.5		0.87	5.5		0.55	0.9		0.20
Italy	7.3	0.64	17.3	0.82	26.2	0.92	28.0	0.95	16.5		0.83	4.4		0.48	0.4		0.1
Japan	2.2	0.34	8.1	0.65	17.9	0.90	27.9	1.07	28.0		1.06	13.2		0.80	2.6		0.37
Jordan	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Korea, Republic of	3.9	0.48	11.2	0.69	22.7	0.96	29.5	0.96	23.1		1.05	8.5		0.67	1.2		0.24
Kosovo	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Latvia	4.0	0.39	15.0	0.69	28.5	0.81	30.7	1.01	17.6		0.73	3.8		0.33	#	!	†
Lebanon	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Lithuania	6.0	0.63	19.0	0.90	29.2	0.81	26.5	0.76	14.7		0.74	4.3		0.49	#	!	†
Luxembourg	8.6	0.43	17.9	0.66	23.3	0.70	23.8	0.82	17.8		0.62	7.2		0.38	1.4		0.22
Macau (China)	1.5	0.25	7.7	0.50	21.2	0.74	34.1	0.89	26.8		0.79	7.9		0.57	0.8		0.17
Macedonia, Republic of	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Malta	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Mexico	14.3	0.85	33.5	1.20	33.9	0.85	15.3	0.94	2.8		0.38	#	!	†	‡		†
Moldova, Republic of	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Montenegro, Republic of	18.8	0.70	31.6	1.03	28.7	1.00	15.7	0.63	4.6		0.33	0.5		0.13	‡		†
Netherlands	5.4	0.59	14.8	0.73	21.8	0.84	26.1	0.90	21.2		0.77	9.1		0.67	1.6		0.31
New Zealand	5.6	0.47	13.1	0.74	21.0	0.88	25.1	0.78	21.5		0.89	10.6		0.60	3.0		0.39
Norway	6.0	0.54	14.7	0.74	24.8	0.93	27.6	1.04	18.5		0.78	7.0		0.55	1.4		0.22
Peru	21.4	1.01	34.9	1.01	27.1	1.01	13.3	0.77	3.1		0.41	#	!	†	‡		†
Poland	3.9	0.50	13.7	0.84	25.8	0.89	28.5	0.97	20.1		0.91	6.7		0.63	1.3		0.25
Portugal	3.9	0.34	13.9	0.80	24.2	1.02	28.4	0.85	21.2		0.86	7.4		0.54	1.0		0.23
Qatar	19.8	0.78	27.5	0.80	25.4	0.59	17.3	0.46	7.9		0.28	1.8		0.19	0.2		0.1
Romania	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Russian Federation	3.5	0.48	16.3	0.99	31.2	1.00	29.8	1.03	15.3		0.83	3.6		0.45	#	!	†
Singapore	2.4	0.25	7.4	0.36	14.4	0.49	22.8	0.79	27.4		0.82	18.7		0.67	6.7		0.46
Slovak Republic	12.5	0.88	20.1	0.72	26.9	0.79	23.3	0.80	13.1		0.66	3.7		0.38	0.4		0.11
Slovenia	3.8	0.45	12.4	0.63	22.7	0.71	28.1	0.97	21.4		0.92	9.6		0.64	1.9		0.35
Spain	5.1	0.50	14.2	0.77	25.1	0.88	30.4	0.80	19.2		0.72	5.5		0.45	0.6		0.11
Sweden	7.6	0.63	16.3	0.85	24.1	0.90	25.5	0.92	18.0		0.89	7.2		0.65	1.4		0.27
Switzerland	5.5	0.60	14.0	0.78	22.1	0.86	24.7	1.03	22.1		1.01	9.9		0.69	1.7		0.27
Thailand	13.3	0.93	32.7	1.19	32.4	1.12	16.4	0.87	4.8		0.61	#	!	†	‡		†
Trinidad and Tobago	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†
Tunisia	21.5	1.27	41.6	1.10	28.0	1.10	7.8	0.66	#	!	†	‡		†	#		†
Turkey	14.3	1.21	30.9	1.49	30.5	1.34	18.7	1.43	5.3		0.79	#	!	†	‡		†
United Arab Emirates	15.8	0.74	25.6	0.88	26.7	0.68	19.1	0.91	9.8		0.58	2.7		0.29	0.3		0.1
United Kingdom	4.8	0.44	13.3	0.68	22.4	0.79	26.3	0.87	21.2		0.78	9.6		0.63	2.2		0.26
United States	6.0	*0.66*	15.1	*0.81*	24.4	*0.94*	25.5	*0.88*	18.8		*0.93*	8.2		*0.59*	2.0		*0.32*
Uruguay	11.3	0.81	28.3	1.13	31.0	0.96	20.4	0.71	7.7		0.62	1.3		0.23	‡		†
Vietnam	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†

U.S. states and territories
Massachusetts	3.0	0.64	9.7	1.31	18.3	1.53	27.8	1.35	24.5		1.50	12.7		1.37	4.0		0.90
North Carolina	5.0	0.87	14.1	1.27	24.3	1.45	25.7	1.38	19.9		1.67	9.4		1.03	1.7		0.43
Puerto Rico	—	†	—	†	—	†	—	†	—		†	—		†	—		†

See notes at end of table.