PISA: 15-year-olds by reading proficiency level (%). Level 1C by country

Percentage of 15-year-old students scoring higher than 189 but lower than or equal to 262 on the PISA reading scale. Readers at Level 1C can understand and affirm the meaning of short, syntactically simple sentences on a literal level, and read for a clear and simple purpose within a limited amount of time. Tasks...

Countries reporting
52
Highest
9.0%
Tunisia
Lowest
0.0%
Estonia
Median
1.0%
Years covered
19
2000–2018
Data points
344

What the numbers show

PISA: 15-year-olds by reading proficiency level (%). Level 1C is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 9.0% in Tunisia; the lowest is 0.0% in Estonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 2.3%.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 62.5%).

PISA: 15-year-olds by reading proficiency level (%). Level 1C: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tunisia 9.0% 2015 unchanged falling
2 Qatar 8.0% 2018 down 42.9% falling
3 Argentina 7.0% 2018 unchanged falling
4 Indonesia 6.0% 2018 up 200.0% falling
5 Bulgaria 5.0% 2018 down 16.7% falling
5 Brazil 5.0% 2018 up 25.0% falling
5 Peru 5.0% 2018 down 54.5% volatile
5 Israel 5.0% 2018 up 66.7% flat
9 Thailand 4.0% 2018 up 300.0% rising
9 Romania 4.0% 2018 up 33.3% falling
9 Uruguay 4.0% 2018 unchanged falling
9 Colombia 4.0% 2018 unchanged falling
9 Jordan 4.0% 2018 down 20.0% falling
14 Montenegro 3.0% 2018 down 40.0% falling
14 Albania 3.0% 2018 down 62.5% falling
16 Italy 2.0% 2018 up 100.0% falling
16 Iceland 2.0% 2018 up 100.0% rising
16 Mexico 2.0% 2018 down 33.3% volatile
16 Norway 2.0% 2018 volatile
16 Slovakia 2.0% 2018 up 100.0% rising
16 Greece 2.0% 2018 up 100.0% falling
16 Chile 2.0% 2018 up 100.0% volatile
24 Slovenia 1.0% 2018 unchanged falling
24 New Zealand 1.0% 2018 unchanged flat
24 Czechia 1.0% 2018 unchanged falling
24 Poland 1.0% 2018 unchanged volatile
24 Portugal 1.0% 2018 unchanged falling
24 Switzerland 1.0% 2018 unchanged falling
24 Russia 1.0% 2018 unchanged volatile
24 Canada 1.0% 2018 volatile
24 Netherlands 1.0% 2018 volatile
24 Sweden 1.0% 2018 unchanged volatile
24 Belgium 1.0% 2018 unchanged falling
24 Austria 1.0% 2018 down 50.0% falling
24 Turkey 1.0% 2018 unchanged falling
24 Australia 1.0% 2018 unchanged flat
24 United States 1.0% 2018 unchanged flat
24 Germany 1.0% 2018 unchanged volatile
24 Croatia 1.0% 2018 unchanged flat
24 Denmark 1.0% 2018 volatile
24 Spain 1.0% 2015 down 50.0% falling
24 Latvia 1.0% 2018 volatile
24 Lithuania 1.0% 2018 unchanged flat
24 South Korea 1.0% 2018 volatile
24 Japan 1.0% 2018 unchanged volatile
24 Finland 1.0% 2018 volatile
24 France 1.0% 2018 down 50.0% volatile
24 United Kingdom 1.0% 2018 unchanged flat
24 Hong Kong 1.0% 2018 volatile
24 Hungary 1.0% 2018 flat
52 Macao 0.0% 2018 flat
52 Estonia 0.0% 2018 volatile

About this data

Indicator
PISA: 15-year-olds by reading proficiency level (%). Level 1C
Source
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
54 places, 344 data points, 2000–2018
Last refreshed

Percentage of 15-year-old students scoring higher than 189 but lower than or equal to 262 on the PISA reading scale. Readers at Level 1C can understand and affirm the meaning of short, syntactically simple sentences on a literal level, and read for a clear and simple purpose within a limited amount of time. Tasks at this level involve simple vocabulary and syntactic structures. Use caution in comparing proficiency scores across years. For more information on comparability of results, consult the PISA website: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/