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| Access | Integrate | Reflect | Continuous | Non-continuous | On the | ||||||
| On the overall | mathematics | On the science | |||||||||
| reading scale | and retrieve | and interpret | and evaluate | texts | texts | scale | scale | ||||
| OECD average | 493 | 495 | 493 | 494 | 494 | 493 | 496 | 501 | |||
| Shanghai-China | 556 | 549 | 558 | 557 | 564 | 539 | 600 | 575 | |||
| Korea | 539 | 542 | 541 | 542 | 538 | 542 | 546 | 538 | |||
| Finland | 536 | 532 | 538 | 536 | 535 | 535 | 541 | 554 | |||
| Hong Kong-China | 533 | 530 | 530 | 540 | 538 | 522 | 555 | 549 | |||
| Singapore | 526 | 526 | 525 | 529 | 522 | 539 | 562 | 542 | |||
| Canada | 524 | 517 | 522 | 535 | 524 | 527 | 527 | 529 | |||
| New Zealand | 521 | 521 | 517 | 531 | 518 | 532 | 519 | 532 | |||
| Japan | 520 | 530 | 520 | 521 | 520 | 518 | 529 | 539 | |||
| Australia | 515 | 513 | 513 | 523 | 513 | 524 | 514 | 527 | |||
| Netherlands | 508 | 519 | 504 | 510 | 506 | 514 | 526 | 522 | |||
| Belgium | 506 | 513 | 504 | 505 | 504 | 511 | 515 | 507 | |||
| Norway | 503 | 512 | 502 | 505 | 505 | 498 | 498 | 500 | |||
| Estonia | 501 | 503 | 500 | 503 | 497 | 512 | 512 | 528 | |||
| Switzerland | 501 | 505 | 502 | 497 | 498 | 505 | 534 | 517 | |||
| Poland | 500 | 500 | 503 | 498 | 502 | 496 | 495 | 508 | |||
| Iceland | 500 | 507 | 503 | 496 | 501 | 499 | 507 | 496 | |||
| United States | 500 | 492 | 495 | 512 | 500 | 503 | 487 | 502 | |||
| Liechtenstein | 499 | 508 | 498 | 498 | 495 | 506 | 536 | 520 | |||
| Sweden | 497 | 505 | 494 | 502 | 499 | 498 | 494 | 495 | |||
| Germany | 497 | 501 | 501 | 491 | 496 | 497 | 513 | 520 | |||
| Ireland | 496 | 498 | 494 | 502 | 497 | 496 | 487 | 508 | |||
| France | 496 | 492 | 497 | 495 | 492 | 498 | 497 | 498 | |||
| Chinese Taipei | 495 | 496 | 499 | 493 | 496 | 500 | 543 | 520 | |||
| Denmark | 495 | 502 | 492 | 493 | 496 | 493 | 503 | 499 | |||
| United Kingdom | 494 | 491 | 491 | 503 | 492 | 506 | 492 | 514 | |||
| Hungary | 494 | 501 | 496 | 489 | 497 | 487 | 490 | 503 | |||
| Portugal | 489 | 488 | 487 | 496 | 492 | 488 | 487 | 493 | |||
| Macao-China | 487 | 493 | 488 | 481 | 488 | 481 | 525 | 511 | |||
| Italy | 486 | 482 | 490 | 482 | 489 | 476 | 483 | 489 | |||
| Latvia | 484 | 476 | 484 | 492 | 484 | 487 | 482 | 494 | |||
| Slovenia | 483 | 489 | 489 | 470 | 484 | 476 | 501 | 512 | |||
| Greece | 483 | 468 | 484 | 489 | 487 | 472 | 466 | 470 | |||
| Spain | 481 | 480 | 481 | 483 | 484 | 473 | 483 | 488 | |||
| Czech Republic | 478 | 479 | 488 | 462 | 479 | 474 | 493 | 500 | |||
| Slovak Republic | 477 | 491 | 481 | 466 | 479 | 471 | 497 | 490 | |||
| Croatia | 476 | 492 | 472 | 471 | 478 | 472 | 460 | 486 | |||
| Israel | 474 | 463 | 473 | 483 | 477 | 467 | 447 | 455 | |||
| Luxembourg | 472 | 471 | 475 | 471 | 471 | 472 | 489 | 484 | |||
| Austria | 470 | 477 | 471 | 463 | 470 | 472 | 496 | 494 | |||
| Lithuania | 468 | 476 | 469 | 463 | 470 | 462 | 477 | 491 | |||
| Turkey | 464 | 467 | 459 | 473 | 466 | 461 | 445 | 454 | |||
| Dubai (UAE) | 459 | 458 | 457 | 466 | 461 | 460 | 453 | 466 | |||
| Russian Federation | 459 | 469 | 467 | 441 | 461 | 452 | 468 | 478 | |||
| Chile | 449 | 444 | 452 | 452 | 453 | 444 | 421 | 447 | |||
| Serbia | 442 | 449 | 445 | 430 | 444 | 438 | 442 | 443 | |||
| Bulgaria | 429 | 430 | 436 | 417 | 433 | 421 | 428 | 439 | |||
| Uruguay | 426 | 424 | 423 | 436 | 429 | 421 | 427 | 427 | |||
| Mexico | 425 | 433 | 418 | 432 | 426 | 424 | 419 | 416 | |||
| Romania | 424 | 423 | 425 | 426 | 423 | 424 | 427 | 428 | |||
| Thailand | 421 | 431 | 416 | 420 | 423 | 423 | 419 | 425 | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 416 | 413 | 419 | 413 | 418 | 417 | 414 | 410 | |||
| Colombia | 413 | 404 | 411 | 422 | 415 | 409 | 381 | 402 | |||
| Brazil | 412 | 407 | 406 | 424 | 414 | 408 | 386 | 405 | |||
| Montenegro | 408 | 408 | 420 | 383 | 411 | 398 | 403 | 401 | |||
| Jordan | 405 | 394 | 410 | 407 | 417 | 387 | 387 | 415 | |||
| Tunisia | 404 | 393 | 393 | 427 | 408 | 393 | 371 | 401 | |||
| Indonesia | 402 | 399 | 397 | 409 | 405 | 399 | 371 | 383 | |||
| Argentina | 398 | 394 | 398 | 402 | 400 | 391 | 388 | 401 | |||
| Kazakhstan | 390 | 397 | 397 | 373 | 399 | 371 | 405 | 400 | |||
| Albania | 385 | 380 | 393 | 376 | 392 | 366 | 377 | 391 | |||
| Qatar | 372 | 354 | 379 | 376 | 375 | 361 | 368 | 379 | |||
| Panama | 371 | 363 | 372 | 377 | 373 | 359 | 360 | 376 | |||
| Peru | 370 | 364 | 371 | 368 | 374 | 356 | 365 | 369 | |||
| Azerbaijan | 362 | 361 | 373 | 335 | 362 | 351 | 431 | 373 | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | 314 | 299 | 327 | 300 | 319 | 293 | 331 | 330 | |||
Source: http://www.oecd.org/ 2009 Database