PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT 2000 - SCOTLAND ANALYSIS
Performance in Mathematical Literacy
7. Fifteen year olds in Scotland ranked equal fifth in a ranking of mathematical literacy test scores of OECD countries, behind Japan, Korea, Finland and New Zealand. Male students outperformed females by a small margin. Only in 3 countries, Iceland, New Zealand and the Russian Federation, did females score higher than males. The largest differences were in Korea, Austria and Brazil.
Table 6. Variation in performance on the PISA mathematical literacy scale, by country
| Mean | Percentiles |
5th | 10th | 25th | 75th | 90th | 95th |
Mean score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score |
OECD countries |
Australia | 533 | 380 | 418 | 474 | 594 | 647 | 679 |
Austria | 515 | 355 | 392 | 455 | 581 | 631 | 661 |
Belgium | 520 | 322 | 367 | 453 | 597 | 646 | 672 |
Canada | 533 | 390 | 423 | 477 | 592 | 640 | 668 |
Czech Republic | 498 | 335 | 372 | 433 | 564 | 623 | 655 |
Denmark | 514 | 366 | 401 | 458 | 575 | 621 | 649 |
Finland | 536 | 400 | 433 | 484 | 592 | 637 | 664 |
France | 517 | 364 | 399 | 457 | 581 | 629 | 656 |
Germany | 490 | 311 | 349 | 423 | 563 | 619 | 649 |
Greece | 447 | 260 | 303 | 375 | 524 | 586 | 617 |
Hungary | 488 | 327 | 360 | 419 | 558 | 615 | 648 |
Iceland | 514 | 372 | 407 | 459 | 572 | 622 | 649 |
Ireland | 503 | 357 | 394 | 449 | 561 | 606 | 630 |
Italy | 457 | 301 | 338 | 398 | 520 | 570 | 600 |
Japan | 557 | 402 | 440 | 504 | 617 | 662 | 688 |
Korea | 547 | 400 | 438 | 493 | 606 | 650 | 676 |
Luxembourg | 446 | 281 | 328 | 390 | 509 | 559 | 588 |
Mexico | 387 | 254 | 281 | 329 | 445 | 496 | 527 |
New Zealand | 537 | 364 | 405 | 472 | 607 | 659 | 689 |
Norway | 499 | 340 | 379 | 439 | 565 | 613 | 643 |
Poland | 470 | 296 | 335 | 402 | 542 | 599 | 632 |
Portugal | 454 | 297 | 332 | 392 | 520 | 570 | 596 |
SCOTLAND | 533 | 383 | 419 | 477 | 595 | 643 | 669 |
Male | 536 | 388 | 424 | 482 | 599 | 648 | 673 |
Female | 532 | 381 | 419 | 476 | 591 | 639 | 665 |
Spain | 476 | 323 | 358 | 416 | 540 | 592 | 621 |
Sweden | 510 | 347 | 386 | 450 | 574 | 626 | 656 |
Switzerland | 529 | 353 | 398 | 466 | 601 | 653 | 682 |
United Kingdom | 529 | 374 | 412 | 470 | 592 | 646 | 676 |
United States | 493 | 327 | 361 | 427 | 562 | 620 | 652 |
OECD total | 498 | 318 | 358 | 429 | 572 | 628 | 658 |
Country mean | 500 | 326 | 367 | 435 | 571 | 625 | 655 |
Non-OECD countries |
Brazil | 334 | 179 | 212 | 266 | 399 | 464 | 499 |
Latvia | 463 | 288 | 328 | 393 | 536 | 593 | 625 |
Liechtenstein | 514 | 343 | 380 | 454 | 579 | 635 | 665 |
Russian Federation | 478 | 305 | 343 | 407 | 552 | 613 | 648 |
Chart 4. Mean scores in mathematical literacy, and scores at 10th and 90th percentiles, by country
