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PISA Mathematics Performance, 2009

Figures for 2009, as OECD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2009 covers 61 countries. Singapore is highest, at 562.02; Panama is lowest, at 359.75. The middle country reads 482.91. Against 2006, 50 values changed (28 up, 22 down), 11 countries joined, 1 left.

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PISA Mathematics Performance · Data for 2009

HighestSingapore

562.02

LowestPanama

359.75

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, 2009, 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 61 countries · select a heading to sort

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2009: every country, as published by OECD.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia562.02
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia554.53
3South KoreaKOREastern Asia546.23
4TaiwanTWNEastern Asia543.18
5FinlandFINNorthern Europe540.50
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe533.96
7JapanJPNEastern Asia528.99
8CanadaCANNorthern America526.81
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe525.84
10MacauMACEastern Asia525.28
11New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand519.30
12BelgiumBELWestern Europe515.27
13AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand514.34
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe512.78
15EstoniaESTNorthern Europe512.10
16IcelandISLNorthern Europe506.67
17DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe503.28
18SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe501.47
19NorwayNORNorthern Europe497.96
20FranceFRAWestern Europe496.78
21SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe496.68
22PolandPOLEastern Europe494.80
23SwedenSWENorthern Europe494.24
24CzechiaCZEEastern Europe492.81
25United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe492.41

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore562.02
  2. 2Hong Kong554.53
  3. 3South Korea546.23
  4. 4Taiwan543.18
  5. 5Finland540.50

Lowest

  1. 61Panama359.75
  2. 60Peru365.11
  3. 59Qatar368.11
  4. 58Indonesia371.30
  5. 57Albania377.46

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 482.91. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2009

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +11 / −1countries joined / left
  • 50values changed, of 50 in both
  • 28 · 22rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Albania+ United Arab Emirates+ Costa Rica+ Georgia+ Kazakhstan+ Moldova+ Malta+ Malaysia+ Panama+ Peru+ Singapore− Austria

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 61 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 (2009). PISA Mathematics Performance, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-mathematics/2009

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07Questions

PISA Mathematics Performance, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest PISA mathematics scores in PISA Mathematics Performance, 2009?

Singapore, at 562.02, of the 61 countries in the file.

What year does PISA Mathematics Performance, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does PISA Mathematics Performance, 2009 cover?

61.

Where can I download PISA Mathematics Performance, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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