Male-Female Score Gap

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Figure M3a. Difference in average scores of 15-year-old female and male students on the PISA mathematics literacy scale, by education system: 2015

Male-female difference in average mathematics literacy scores is statistically significant at the .05 level of significance.
Male-female difference in average mathematics literacy scores is not measurably different.
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Education systems are ordered by absolute male-female difference in 2015 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. Italics indicate non-OECD countries and education systems. B-S-J-G (China) refers to the four PISA participating China provinces: Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Guangdong. Results for Massachusetts and North Carolina are for public school students only. Although Argentina, Malaysia, and Kazakhstan participated in PISA 2015, technical problems with their samples prevent results from being discussed in this report.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2015.

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Table M3b. Difference in average scores of 15-year-old female and male students on the PISA mathematics literacy scale, by education system: 2015
Education system	Male-female difference		s.e.
OECD average	8	*	0.6
Greece	#		†
Singapore	#		†
Montenegro, Republic of	#		†
Romania	1		3.2
Iceland	-1		3.5
Lithuania	-1		2.7
Bulgaria	-2		4.7
Moldova, Republic of	-2		3.4
Latvia	-2		3.4
Sweden	-2		3.3
Norway	-2		2.8
Hong Kong (China)	2		5.1
Netherlands	2		2.4
Indonesia	-3		3.6
Thailand	-3		3.7
Vietnam	-3		3.4
Slovenia	4		3.3
Malta	-4		3.3
Dominican Republic	-4		2.8
Cyprus	-5		2.5
Estonia	5		2.9
Chinese Taipei	6		6.4
Slovak Republic	6		3.9
Australia	6		3.4
B-S-J-G (China)	6		3.6
Turkey	6		4.6
Russian Federation	6		3.5
France	6		3.6
Tunisia	6	*	3.0
Macedonia, Republic of	-7	*	3.1
United Arab Emirates	-7		4.9
Algeria	-7		3.4
Korea, Republic of	-7		5.6
Czech Republic	7		3.7
Mexico	7	*	2.3
Finland	-8	*	2.4
Hungary	8		4.3
Macau (China)	-8	*	2.3
Israel	8		6.1
United States	9	*	3.1
New Zealand	9	*	4.2
Canada	9	*	2.8
Albania	-9	*	3.7
Denmark	9	*	3.1
Kosovo	9	*	2.9
Peru	9	*	3.0
Portugal	10	*	2.9
Colombia	11	*	3.4
Luxembourg	11	*	3.1
Poland	11	*	2.9
Qatar	-12	*	2.5
United Kingdom	12	*	3.4
Switzerland	12	*	3.3
Croatia	13	*	4.2
Georgia	-13	*	3.7
Uruguay	14	*	3.5
Japan	14	*	3.6
Belgium	14	*	3.4
Jordan	-14	*	5.5
Brazil	15	*	2.4
Spain	16	*	2.8
Ireland	16	*	3.4
Costa Rica	16	*	3.0
Germany	17	*	2.9
Trinidad and Tobago	-18	*	2.9
Chile	18	*	3.6
Italy	20	*	4.3
Buenos Aires (Argentina)	21	*	7.5
Lebanon	22	*	3.9
Austria	27	*	5.0
U.S. states and territories
North Carolina	6		4.7
Puerto Rico	-6		4.8
Massachusetts	9		5.3

† Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. * p<.05. Difference between male and female scores is significantly different at the .05 level of statistical significance. NOTE: Education systems are ordered by absolute male-female difference in 2015 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. B-S-J-G (China) refers to the four PISA participating China provinces: Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Guangdong. Results for Massachusetts and North Carolina are for public school students only. Although Argentina, Malaysia, and Kazakhstan participated in PISA 2015, technical problems with their samples prevent results from being discussed in this report. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2015.