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PISA: Mean performance on the mathematics scale. Female by country

Average score of 15-year-old female students on the PISA mathematics scale. The metric for the overall mathematics scale is based on a mean for OECD countries of 500 points and a standard deviation of 100 points. Data reflects country performance in the stated year according to PISA reports, but may not be...

Countries reporting
54
Highest
555.77
Macao
Lowest
364
Tunisia
Median
484.68
Years covered
19
2000–2018
Data points
356

What the numbers show

PISA: Mean performance on the mathematics scale. Female is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 555.77 in Macao; the lowest is 364 in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 484.68, and the mean is 469.68.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 15.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 5.3%).

PISA: Mean performance on the mathematics scale. Female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macao 555.77 2018 up 7.0% rising
3 South Korea 523.81 2018 down 3.8% flat
4 Liechtenstein 522.99 2012 up 0.4% flat
5 Japan 522.03 2018 down 0.4% flat
6 Estonia 519.19 2018 up 2.3% flat
7 Netherlands 518.55 2018 up 0.2% flat
8 Poland 514.95 2018 up 4.4% rising
9 Switzerland 511.6 2018 down 2.3% flat
10 Finland 510.41 2018 down 5.3% falling
11 Canada 509.55 2018 down 2.2% flat
12 Slovenia 508.59 2018 up 1.6% flat
13 Denmark 507.45 2018 up 2.5% flat
14 Norway 504.5 2018 up 1.8% flat
15 Sweden 503.01 2018 up 1.6% flat
16 Belgium 502.05 2018 down 0.4% flat
17 Iceland 500.06 2018 down 1.0% falling
18 Czechia 497.67 2018 up 1.5% flat
19 Ireland 496.68 2018 up 2.8% flat
20 Germany 496.25 2018 down 1.7% flat
21 United Kingdom 495.86 2018 up 2.8% falling
22 Latvia 492.8 2018 up 2.4% flat
23 Austria 492.2 2018 up 1.2% flat
24 France 492.19 2018 up 0.7% flat
25 New Zealand 490.02 2018 down 4.9% falling
26 Australia 488.3 2018 down 4.2% falling
27 Portugal 487.91 2018 up 1.4% rising
28 Russia 485.46 2018 up 4.0% flat
29 Slovakia 483.9 2018 down 2.3% flat
30 Lithuania 482.45 2018 up 0.6% flat
31 Luxembourg 479.62 2018 up 0.1% flat
32 Italy 478.55 2018 up 0.7% rising
33 Spain 478.14 2018 up 0.9% flat
34 Hungary 476.72 2018 down 1.5% flat
35 United States 473.85 2018 down 0.7% flat
36 Israel 467.39 2018 up 5.5% rising
37 Croatia 459.92 2018 up 1.2% flat
38 Greece 451.21 2018 down 1.8% flat
39 Turkey 451.01 2018 up 2.5% rising
40 Serbia 446.8 2018 up 2.3% flat
41 Albania 439.73 2018 up 14.8% rising
42 Bulgaria 436.9 2018 up 1.6% flat
43 Romania 427.22 2018 up 0.4% flat
44 Qatar 426.4 2018 up 15.0% rising
45 Thailand 426.03 2018 up 2.2% flat
46 Montenegro 425.32 2018 up 7.3% rising
47 Uruguay 413.67 2018 down 1.7% flat
48 Chile 413.63 2018 up 0.8% rising
50 Jordan 402.78 2018 up 4.1% flat
51 Peru 391.51 2018 up 9.9% rising
52 Indonesia 383.45 2018 up 3.1% rising
53 Colombia 381.37 2018 up 4.3% rising
54 Brazil 379.27 2018 up 0.2% rising
55 Argentina 371.85 2018 down 3.0% flat
56 Tunisia 364 2015 up 1.6% flat

About this data

Indicator
PISA: Mean performance on the mathematics scale. Female
Source
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 356 data points, 2000–2018
Last refreshed

Average score of 15-year-old female students on the PISA mathematics scale. The metric for the overall mathematics scale is based on a mean for OECD countries of 500 points and a standard deviation of 100 points. Data reflects country performance in the stated year according to PISA reports, but may not be comparable across years or countries. Consult the PISA website for more detailed information: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/