Data for 2003
PISA Reading Performance, 2003
Figures for 2003, as OECD published them · stored as published, never rewritten
PISA Reading Performance, 2003 covers 35 countries. Finland is highest, at 543.5; Indonesia is lowest, at 381.6. The middle country reads 492.3. Against 2000, 30 values changed (9 up, 21 down), 5 countries joined, 7 left.
PISA Reading Performance · Data for 2003
HighestFinland
543.5
LowestIndonesia
381.6Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of PISA Reading Performance, 2003, 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 35 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 543.5 |
| 2 |  South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 534.1 |
| 3 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 527.9 |
| 4 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 525.4 |
| 5 |  New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 521.6 |
| 6 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 515.5 |
| 7 |  SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 514.3 |
| 8 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 513.1 |
| 9 |  Hong KongHKGEastern Asia | 509.5 |
| 10 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 507.0 |
| 11 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 499.7 |
| 12 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 499.1 |
| 13 |  JapanJPNEastern Asia | 498.1 |
| 14 |  MacauMACEastern Asia | 497.6 |
| 15 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 496.6 |
| 16 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 496.2 |
| 17 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 495.2 |
| 18 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 492.3 |
| 19 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 491.7 |
| 20 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 491.4 |
| 21 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 490.7 |
| 22 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 490.6 |
| 23 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 488.5 |
| 24 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 481.9 |
| 25 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 480.5 |
| 26 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 477.6 |
| 27 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 475.7 |
| 28 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 472.3 |
| 29 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 469.2 |
| 30 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 441.0 |
| 31 |  UruguayURYSouth America | 434.1 |
| 32 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 419.9 |
| 33 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 402.8 |
| 34 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 399.7 |
| 35 | IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 381.6 |
02In 2003
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1Finland543.5
- 2South Korea534.1
- 3Canada527.9
- 4Australia525.4
- 5New Zealand521.6
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 492.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032000 → 2003
Since 2000
What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +5 / −7countries joined / left
- 30values changed, of 30 in both
- 9 · 21rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
- Latvia458.1 → 490.6+32.5
- Poland479.1 → 496.6+17.5
- Indonesia370.6 → 381.6+11.0
- South Korea524.8 → 534.1+9.3
- Portugal470.2 → 477.6+7.4
+ Macau+ Netherlands+ Slovakia+ Türkiye+ Uruguay
− Albania
− Argentina
− Bulgaria
− Chile
− Israel
− North Macedonia
− PeruChanges 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
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
The position is ours
OECD publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 35 countries has every column.
05The files
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OECD’s own file, on its own site.
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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.
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Cite this edition
OECD (2003). PISA Reading Performance, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-reading/2003
068 held
Other years
‹ The year before
PISA Reading Performance, 200037 countries
The year after ›
PISA Reading Performance, 200649 countries
All of them
PISA Reading Performance: every year8 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
PISA Reading Performance, 2003: questions and answers
Which country has the highest PISA reading scores in PISA Reading Performance, 2003?
Finland, at 543.5, of the 35 countries in the file.
What year does PISA Reading Performance, 2003 describe?
2003.
How many countries does PISA Reading Performance, 2003 cover?
35.
Where can I download PISA Reading Performance, 2003?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is PISA Reading Performance, 2003 the newest?
No. The newest held here is PISA Reading Performance, 2022.