RED text= Country’s average is significantly higher than the OECD average.
Black text= Country’s average is not significantly different from the OECD average.
Purple text= Country’s average is significantly lower than the OECD average. |
*Not a member of the OECD. The country’s score is not factored into the OECD average.
Reading Literacy |
Mathematics Literacy |
Science Literacy | |||||
| Finland | 546 | Japan | 557 | S. Korea | 552 | ||
| Canada | 534 | S. Korea | 547 | Japan | 550 | ||
| New Zealand | 529 | New Zealand | 537 | Finland | 538 | ||
| Australia | 528 | Finland | 536 | United Kingdom | 532 | ||
| Ireland | 527 | Australia | 533 | Canada | 529 | ||
| S. Korea | 525 | Canada | 533 | New Zealand | 528 | ||
| United Kingdom | 523 | Switzerland | 529 | Australia | 528 | ||
| Japan | 522 | United Kingdom | 529 | Austria | 519 | ||
| Sweden | 516 | Belgium | 520 | Ireland | 513 | ||
| Austria | 507 | France | 517 | Sweden | 512 | ||
| Belgium | 507 | Austria | 515 | Czech Republic | 511 | ||
| Iceland | 507 | Denmark | 514 | France | 500 | ||
| Norway | 505 | Iceland | 514 | Norway | 500 | ||
| France | 505 | Liechtenstein* | 514 | United States | 499 | ||
| United States | 504 | Sweden | 510 | Hungary | 496 | ||
| Denmark | 497 | Ireland | 503 | Iceland | 496 | ||
| Switzerland | 494 | Norway | 499 | Belgium | 496 | ||
| Spain | 493 | Czech Republic | 498 | Switzerland | 496 | ||
| Czech Republic | 492 | United States | 493 | Spain | 491 | ||
| Italy | 487 | Germany | 493 | Germany | 487 | ||
| Germany | 484 | Hungary | 488 | Poland | 483 | ||
| Liechtenstein* | 483 | Russia* | 478 | Denmark | 481 | ||
| Hungary | 480 | Spain | 476 | Italy | 478 | ||
| Poland | 479 | Poland | 470 | Liechtenstein* | 476 | ||
| Greece | 474 | Latvia* | 463 | Greece | 461 | ||
| Portugal | 470 | Italy | 457 | Russia* | 560 | ||
| Russia* | 462 | Portugal | 454 | Latvia* | 460 | ||
| Latvia* | 458 | Greece | 447 | Portugal | 459 | ||
| Luxembourg | 441 | Luxembourg | 446 | Luxembourg | 443 | ||
| Mexico | 422 | Mexico | 387 | Mexico | 422 | ||
| Brazil* | 396 | Brazil* | 334 | Brazil* | 375 | ||
| OECD average | 500 | OECD average | 500 | OECD average | 500 | ||
“Knowledge and Skills for Life: First Results From PISA 2000" is available for $15.20 from OECD, 2001 L St. N.W., Suite 650, Washington, DC 20036; (800) 456- 6323. It can also be downloaded from the Web at www.sourceoecd.org. “Outcomes of Learning: Results From the 2000 Programs for International Student Assessment of 15-Year- Olds in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy” is free from the U.S. Department of Education, ED Pubs, PO Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398; (877) 433- 7827. It is also available at nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
