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PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006

Figures for 2006, as OECD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006 covers 51 countries. Taiwan is highest, at 549.357; Qatar is lowest, at 317.956. The middle country reads 490.937. Against 2003, 35 values changed (15 up, 20 down), 16 countries joined.

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PISA Mathematics Performance · Data for 2006

HighestTaiwan

549.357

LowestQatar

317.956

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006, as published. OECD ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 51 countries · select a heading to sort

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006: every country, as published by OECD.
derived
1TaiwanTWNEastern Asia549.357
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe548.358
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia547.461
4South KoreaKOREastern Asia547.458
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe530.654
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe529.656
7CanadaCANNorthern America527.007
8MacauMACEastern Asia525.003
9JapanJPNEastern Asia523.103
10New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand521.989
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe520.349
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand519.908
13EstoniaESTNorthern Europe514.575
14DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe513.026
15CzechiaCZEEastern Europe509.859
16IcelandISLNorthern Europe505.545
17AustriaAUTWestern Europe505.484
18SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe504.456
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe503.791
20SwedenSWENorthern Europe502.356
21IrelandIRLNorthern Europe501.472
22FranceFRAWestern Europe495.538
23United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe495.444
24PolandPOLEastern Europe495.428
25SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe492.106

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Taiwan549.357
  2. 2Finland548.358
  3. 3Hong Kong547.461
  4. 4South Korea547.458
  5. 5Netherlands530.654

Lowest

  1. 51Qatar317.956
  2. 50Brazil369.515
  3. 49Colombia369.979
  4. 48Argentina381.254
  5. 47Jordan384.036

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 490.937. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2006

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +16 / −0countries joined / left
  • 35values changed, of 35 in both
  • 15 · 20rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Argentina+ Bulgaria+ Chile+ Colombia+ Estonia+ United Kingdom+ Croatia+ Israel+ Jordan+ Lithuania+ Montenegro+ Qatar+ Romania+ Serbia+ Slovenia+ Taiwan

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • The position is ours

    OECD publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 51 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions — Data clause · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

OECD (2006). PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-mathematics/2006

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07Questions

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest PISA mathematics scores in PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006?

Taiwan, at 549.357, of the 51 countries in the file.

What year does PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006 cover?

51.

Where can I download PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is PISA Mathematics Performance, 2006 the newest?

No. The newest held here is PISA Mathematics Performance, 2022.

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