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

Countries reporting

Highest

31.9%

Indonesia

Lowest

3.9%

Macao

Median

15.1%

Years covered

2003–2018

Data points

303

What the numbers show

PISA: Female 15-year-olds by mathematics proficiency level (%). Level 1 is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 31.9% in Indonesia; the lowest is 3.9% in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.1%, and the mean is 17.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 70.1%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 54.4%).

PISA: Female 15-year-olds by mathematics proficiency level (%). Level: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Indonesia	31.9%	2018	down 5.2%	rising
2	Mexico	31.3%	2018	up 3.5%	rising
3	Colombia	30.9%	2018	down 1.8%	rising
4	Jordan	30.5%	2018	up 2.1%	flat
5	Argentina	29.2%	2018	up 10.4%	rising
6	Chile	28.6%	2018	down 8.8%	flat
7	Brazil	28.0%	2018	down 8.0%	rising
8	Montenegro	27.6%	2018	down 8.2%	falling
9	Uruguay	27.5%	2018	up 5.3%	rising
10	Thailand	27.4%	2018	down 13.6%	falling
11	Tunisia	27.3%	2015	up 16.1%	rising
12	Qatar	26.2%	2018	up 7.0%	rising
13	Romania	24.5%	2018	down 12.6%	falling
14	Turkey	23.8%	2018	down 5.5%	falling
15	Bulgaria	22.8%	2018	up 0.8%	falling
16	Serbia	21.6%	2018	down 7.9%	falling
17	Greece	20.6%	2018	up 0.2%	flat
18	Croatia	20.5%	2018	down 4.3%	flat
19	United States	18.0%	2018	up 7.1%	rising
20	Luxembourg	17.1%	2018	up 7.5%	rising
21	Israel	16.9%	2018	down 16.4%	falling
22	Hungary	16.2%	2018	up 9.9%	rising
23	Spain	16.1%	2018	up 2.4%	flat
24	Italy	15.8%	2018	down 6.3%	falling
25	Lithuania	15.7%	2018	down 4.1%	flat
26	Australia	15.4%	2018	up 36.0%	rising
27	Russia	15.1%	2018	down 24.0%	falling
28	New Zealand	14.6%	2018	up 43.5%	rising
29	Austria	14.1%	2018	down 11.8%	rising
30	Portugal	14.0%	2018	down 12.5%	falling
31	Slovakia	13.9%	2018	up 1.7%	rising
32	Belgium	13.6%	2018	up 14.6%	rising
33	Germany	13.5%	2018	up 5.4%	rising
34	United Kingdom	13.5%	2018	down 13.4%	flat
35	France	13.3%	2018	down 2.4%	rising
36	Czechia	13.2%	2018	down 16.4%	rising
37	Latvia	13.0%	2018	down 22.5%	falling
38	Sweden	12.6%	2018	down 11.7%	rising
39	Iceland	12.5%	2018	up 14.2%	rising
40	Switzerland	12.2%	2018	up 27.5%	rising
41	Ireland	12.0%	2018	down 15.5%	falling
42	Norway	11.6%	2018	down 12.1%	falling
43	Slovenia	11.4%	2018	down 17.0%	falling
44	Canada	11.2%	2018	up 27.0%	rising
45	Denmark	11.0%	2018	down 18.0%	falling
46	Netherlands	10.8%	2018	down 11.2%	rising
47	Poland	10.3%	2018	down 28.0%	falling
48	Finland	9.9%	2018	up 70.1%	rising
49	South Korea	9.2%	2018	up 61.1%	rising
50	Japan	8.7%	2018	up 3.6%	flat
51	Estonia	8.4%	2018	down 16.9%	falling
52	Hong Kong	5.7%	2018	down 14.8%	falling
53	Macao	3.9%	2018	down 54.4%	falling

About this data

Indicator: PISA: Female 15-year-olds by mathematics proficiency level (%). Level 1
Source: OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 53 places, 303 data points, 2003–2018
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Percentage of 15-year-old female students scoring higher than 358 but lower than or equal to 420 points on the PISA mathematics scale. At Level 1, students can answer questions involving familiar contexts where all relevant information is present and the questions are clearly defined. They are able to identify information and to carry out routine procedures according to direct instructions in explicit situations. They can perform actions that are almost always obvious and follow immediately from the given stimuli. Data reflects country performance in the stated year according to PISA reports, but may not be comparable across years or countries. Consult the PISA website for more detailed information: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/