Data for 2006

PISA Reading Performance, 2006

Name: PISA Reading Performance, 2006
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Figures for 2006, as OECD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PISA Reading Performance, 2006 covers 49 countries. South Korea is highest, at 556.02; Qatar is lowest, at 312.21. The middle country reads 482.72. Against 2003, 34 values changed (12 up, 22 down), 15 countries joined, 1 left.

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PISA Reading Performance · Data for 2006

HighestSouth Korea

556.02

LowestQatar

312.21

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

49countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
49distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

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

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PISA Reading Performance, 2006: every country, as published by OECD.
derived
1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	556.02
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	546.87
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	536.07
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	527.01
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	521.03
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	517.31
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	512.89
8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	507.64
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	507.31
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	506.75
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	500.90
12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	500.75
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	499.28
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	497.96
15	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	496.24
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	495.08
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	494.94
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	494.48
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	494.41
20	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	492.29
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	490.19
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	487.71
23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	484.45
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	484.29
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	482.72
26	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	482.37
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	479.49
28	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	477.36
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	472.30
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	470.07
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	468.52
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	466.35
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	460.83
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	459.71
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	447.14
36	Chile`CHL`South America	442.09
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	438.67
38	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	416.75
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	412.52
40	Mexico`MEX`Central America	410.50
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	401.93
42	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	401.03
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	395.93
44	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	392.93
45	Brazil`BRA`South America	392.89
46	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	391.98
47	Colombia`COL`South America	385.31
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	373.72
49	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	312.21

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1South Korea556.02
2Finland546.87
3Hong Kong536.07
4Canada527.01
5New Zealand521.03

Lowest

49Qatar312.21
48Argentina373.72
47Colombia385.31
46Montenegro391.98
45Brazil392.89

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 482.72. “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.

+15 / −1countries joined / left
34values changed, of 34 in both
12 · 22rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong509.54 → 536.07+26.53
South Korea534.09 → 556.02+21.93
Indonesia381.59 → 392.93+11.34
Poland496.61 → 507.64+11.03
Mexico399.72 → 410.50+10.77

Fell most

Uruguay434.15 → 412.52−21.63
Spain480.54 → 460.83−19.71
Norway499.74 → 484.29−15.45
Greece472.27 → 459.71−12.56
Australia525.43 → 512.89−12.53

+ Argentina

+ Bulgaria

+ Chile

+ Colombia

+ Estonia

+ United Kingdom

+ Croatia

+ Israel

+ Lithuania

+ Montenegro

+ Qatar

+ Romania

+ Serbia

+ Slovenia

+ Taiwan

− United States

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

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

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