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PISA Reading Performance, 2009

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

PISA Reading Performance, 2009 covers 60 countries. South Korea is highest, at 539.267; Peru is lowest, at 369.696. The middle country reads 481.909. Against 2006, 48 values changed (33 up, 15 down), 12 countries joined, 1 left.

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PISA Reading Performance · Data for 2009

HighestSouth Korea

539.267

LowestPeru

369.696

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 Reading 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 60 countries · select a heading to sort

PISA Reading Performance, 2009: every country, as published by OECD.
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia539.267
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe535.878
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia533.151
4SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia525.897
5CanadaCANNorthern America524.242
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand520.880
7JapanJPNEastern Asia519.858
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand514.901
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe508.404
10BelgiumBELWestern Europe505.946
11NorwayNORNorthern Europe503.230
12EstoniaESTNorthern Europe500.962
13SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe500.500
14PolandPOLEastern Europe500.478
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe500.283
16United StatesUSANorthern America499.827
17SwedenSWENorthern Europe497.449
18GermanyDEUWestern Europe497.305
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe495.639
20FranceFRAWestern Europe495.617
21TaiwanTWNEastern Asia495.240
22DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe494.916
23United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe494.182
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe494.179
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe489.335

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1South Korea539.267
  2. 2Finland535.878
  3. 3Hong Kong533.151
  4. 4Singapore525.897
  5. 5Canada524.242

Lowest

  1. 60Peru369.696
  2. 59Panama370.727
  3. 58Qatar371.716
  4. 57Georgia374.260
  5. 56Albania384.817

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 481.909. “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.

  • +12 / −1countries joined / left
  • 48values changed, of 48 in both
  • 33 · 15rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Qatar312.213 → 371.716+59.503
  • Serbia401.028 → 442.017+40.989
  • Israel438.672 → 473.990+35.318
  • Romania395.932 → 424.458+28.527
  • Colombia385.308 → 413.181+27.873

Fell most

+ Albania+ United Arab Emirates+ Costa Rica+ Georgia+ Kazakhstan+ Moldova+ Malta+ Malaysia+ Panama+ Peru+ Singapore+ United States− 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 60 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 Reading Performance, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-reading/2009

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07Questions

PISA Reading Performance, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest PISA reading scores in PISA Reading Performance, 2009?

South Korea, at 539.267, of the 60 countries in the file.

What year does PISA Reading Performance, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does PISA Reading Performance, 2009 cover?

60.

Where can I download PISA Reading 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 Reading Performance, 2009 the newest?

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

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