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PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT 2000 - SCOTLAND ANALYSIS
Performance in Scientific Literacy
8. Fifteen year olds in Scotland ranked well above the average in scientific literacy test scores of OECD countries, but behind the UK as a whole. The rankings were topped by Korea and Japan. Male students in Scotland outperformed females by a small margin, although there was a greater variation in the scores of males. In 12 countries, males outperformed females, and in 17 females achieved better results.
Table 7. Variation in performance on the PISA scientific literacy scale, by country
| Mean | Percentiles |
Mean score | 5th | 10th | 25th | 75th | 90th | 95th |
Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score |
OECD countries |
Australia | 528 | 368 | 402 | 463 | 596 | 646 | 675 |
Austria | 519 | 363 | 398 | 456 | 584 | 633 | 659 |
Belgium | 496 | 292 | 346 | 424 | 577 | 630 | 656 |
Canada | 529 | 380 | 412 | 469 | 592 | 641 | 670 |
Czech Republic | 511 | 355 | 389 | 449 | 577 | 632 | 663 |
Denmark | 481 | 310 | 347 | 410 | 554 | 613 | 645 |
Finland | 538 | 391 | 425 | 481 | 598 | 645 | 674 |
France | 500 | 329 | 363 | 429 | 575 | 631 | 663 |
Germany | 487 | 314 | 350 | 417 | 560 | 618 | 649 |
Greece | 461 | 300 | 334 | 393 | 530 | 585 | 616 |
Hungary | 496 | 328 | 361 | 423 | 570 | 629 | 659 |
Iceland | 496 | 351 | 381 | 436 | 558 | 607 | 635 |
Ireland | 513 | 361 | 394 | 450 | 578 | 630 | 661 |
Italy | 478 | 315 | 349 | 411 | 547 | 602 | 633 |
Japan | 550 | 391 | 430 | 495 | 612 | 659 | 688 |
Korea | 552 | 411 | 442 | 499 | 610 | 652 | 674 |
Luxembourg | 443 | 278 | 320 | 382 | 510 | 563 | 593 |
Mexico | 422 | 303 | 325 | 368 | 472 | 525 | 554 |
New Zealand | 528 | 357 | 392 | 459 | 600 | 653 | 683 |
Norway | 500 | 338 | 377 | 437 | 569 | 619 | 649 |
Poland | 483 | 326 | 359 | 415 | 553 | 610 | 639 |
Portugal | 459 | 317 | 343 | 397 | 521 | 575 | 604 |
SCOTLAND | 522 | 353 | 388 | 452 | 594 | 649 | 682 |
Male | 523 | 347 | 381 | 454 | 599 | 654 | 689 |
Female | 522 | 365 | 396 | 453 | 591 | 644 | 675 |
Spain | 491 | 333 | 367 | 425 | 558 | 613 | 643 |
Sweden | 512 | 357 | 390 | 446 | 578 | 630 | 660 |
Switzerland | 496 | 332 | 366 | 427 | 567 | 626 | 656 |
United Kingdom | 532 | 366 | 401 | 466 | 602 | 656 | 687 |
United States | 499 | 330 | 368 | 430 | 571 | 628 | 658 |
OECD total | 502 | 332 | 368 | 431 | 576 | 631 | 662 |
Country mean | 500 | 332 | 368 | 431 | 572 | 627 | 657 |
Non-OECD countries |
Brazil | 375 | 230 | 262 | 315 | 432 | 492 | 531 |
Latvia | 460 | 299 | 334 | 393 | 528 | 585 | 620 |
Liechtenstein | 476 | 314 | 357 | 409 | 543 | 595 | 629 |
Russian Federation | 460 | 298 | 333 | 392 | 529 | 591 | 625 |
Chart 5. Mean scores in scientific literacy, and scores at 10th and 90th percentiles, by country
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