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

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

Countries reporting
56
Highest
546.34
Finland
Lowest
372.67
Tunisia
Median
495.48
Years covered
19
2000–2018
Data points
354

What the numbers show

PISA: Mean performance on the reading scale. Female is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 546.34 in Finland; the lowest is 372.67 in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 495.48, and the mean is 484.11.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 10.8%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 8.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 546.34 2018 down 3.0% flat
2 Hong Kong 542.08 2018 down 1.5% flat
3 Estonia 538.35 2018 up 2.8% flat
4 Macao 536.27 2018 up 6.4% rising
5 Canada 534.67 2018 down 1.3% flat
6 Ireland 529.62 2018 up 2.7% flat
7 Liechtenstein 528.54 2012 down 1.0% flat
8 Poland 528.24 2018 up 0.6% flat
9 South Korea 526.41 2018 down 5.7% flat
10 Norway 523.2 2018 down 0.8% flat
11 Sweden 522.96 2018 up 0.5% flat
12 New Zealand 520.26 2018 down 4.4% falling
13 Australia 518.57 2018 down 2.7% falling
14 United States 517.38 2018 up 0.9% flat
15 Slovenia 516.71 2018 up 1.1% flat
16 Denmark 515.81 2018 up 1.3% flat
17 Japan 513.82 2018 down 4.8% flat
18 United Kingdom 513.7 2018 up 1.4% flat
19 Germany 512.21 2018 down 1.0% flat
20 Czechia 507.18 2018 up 0.6% flat
21 Spain 505.69 2015 up 5.6% flat
22 France 505.22 2018 down 1.9% flat
23 Portugal 504.1 2018 down 0.8% flat
24 Belgium 503.69 2018 down 3.1% flat
25 Switzerland 500.04 2018 down 3.9% flat
26 Netherlands 499.25 2018 down 4.1% flat
27 Austria 498.65 2018 up 1.7% flat
28 Lithuania 495.63 2018 down 0.5% flat
29 Croatia 495.32 2018 down 1.5% flat
30 Latvia 494.84 2018 down 2.5% flat
31 Iceland 494.15 2018 down 5.4% falling
32 Israel 493.2 2018 down 0.3% rising
33 Russia 491.02 2018 up 2.0% rising
34 Hungary 489.11 2018 down 4.7% flat
35 Italy 489.08 2018 down 4.0% flat
36 Luxembourg 484.81 2018 down 1.5% flat
37 Greece 478.79 2018 down 5.4% flat
38 Turkey 478.38 2018 down 1.6% flat
39 Slovakia 475.08 2018 down 5.5% flat
40 Chile 462.3 2018 up 0.4% rising
41 Serbia 457.91 2018 down 0.9% rising
42 Romania 445.16 2018 down 0.0% flat
43 Jordan 444.16 2018 up 2.4% flat
44 Bulgaria 441.26 2018 down 4.2% flat
45 Qatar 440.25 2018 up 10.8% rising
46 Uruguay 438.12 2018 down 1.6% flat
47 Montenegro 436.83 2018 up 0.5% flat
48 Mexico 425.8 2018 down 2.7% flat
49 Brazil 425.71 2018 up 0.1% flat
50 Albania 424.62 2018 up 1.9% rising
51 Colombia 417.36 2018 down 0.1% rising
52 Thailand 411.11 2018 down 6.1% falling
53 Argentina 409.41 2018 down 1.4% flat
54 Peru 405.88 2018 up 6.6% rising
55 Indonesia 383.43 2018 down 8.7% flat
56 Tunisia 372.67 2015 down 6.4% flat

About this data

Indicator
PISA: Mean performance on the reading scale. Female
Source
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 354 data points, 2000–2018
Last refreshed

Average score of 15-year-old female students on the PISA reading scale. The metric for the overall reading scale is based on a mean for participating OECD countries set at 500, with a standard deviation of 100. 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/