PISA: Female 15-year-olds by mathematics proficiency level (%). Level 2 by country

Countries reporting

Highest

28.5%

Greece

Lowest

12.1%

Macao

Median

22.5%

Years covered

2003–2018

Data points

303

What the numbers show

PISA: Female 15-year-olds by mathematics proficiency level (%). Level 2 is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 28.5% in Greece; the lowest is 12.1% in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.5%, and the mean is 22.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 89.6%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 41.9%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Greece	28.5%	2018	up 1.8%	flat
2	Croatia	28.4%	2018	up 1.7%	falling
3	Montenegro	28.2%	2018	up 18.0%	rising
4	Turkey	27.9%	2018	up 9.5%	rising
5	Uruguay	27.2%	2018	up 7.0%	rising
6	Latvia	26.9%	2018	down 3.6%	rising
7	Thailand	26.4%	2018	down 4.3%	flat
8	Qatar	26.3%	2018	up 89.6%	rising
9	Russia	26.3%	2018	down 8.9%	falling
10	Mexico	26.2%	2018	down 6.7%	rising
11	Chile	26.0%	2018	down 1.8%	rising
12	United States	26.0%	2018	down 0.3%	rising
13	Ireland	25.9%	2018	down 1.5%	rising
14	Spain	25.5%	2018	up 0.7%	flat
15	Italy	25.3%	2018	down 1.4%	falling
16	Serbia	25.2%	2018	down 8.6%	falling
17	Lithuania	25.1%	2018	down 4.3%	flat
18	Romania	25.1%	2018	down 15.7%	falling
19	Jordan	25.0%	2018	up 10.6%	rising
20	Bulgaria	24.5%	2018	up 0.6%	flat
21	Australia	24.5%	2018	up 14.4%	rising
22	Hungary	24.4%	2018	down 0.4%	flat
23	New Zealand	23.9%	2018	up 19.7%	rising
24	United Kingdom	23.3%	2018	down 13.3%	falling
25	Czechia	22.8%	2018	down 5.0%	rising
26	Denmark	22.6%	2018	down 7.2%	flat
27	Norway	22.5%	2018	down 10.3%	falling
28	Iceland	22.3%	2018	down 2.1%	rising
29	Israel	22.3%	2018	down 11.9%	falling
30	Luxembourg	22.3%	2018	down 11.1%	falling
31	Sweden	22.2%	2018	down 5.3%	flat
32	Portugal	22.1%	2018	down 13.2%	falling
33	Slovenia	22.0%	2018	down 4.9%	falling
34	Germany	21.9%	2018	up 10.4%	rising
35	France	21.8%	2018	up 0.4%	flat
36	Slovakia	21.8%	2018	down 6.8%	falling
37	Estonia	21.6%	2018	down 9.5%	flat
38	Finland	21.6%	2018	up 44.0%	rising
39	Austria	21.6%	2018	down 3.8%	flat
40	Canada	21.4%	2018	up 8.5%	rising
41	Poland	20.8%	2018	down 17.8%	falling
42	Switzerland	20.3%	2018	up 16.4%	rising
43	Japan	19.9%	2018	up 9.4%	rising
44	Colombia	19.5%	2018	up 15.3%	rising
45	Indonesia	19.5%	2018	up 8.5%	rising
46	Netherlands	19.1%	2018	down 4.2%	flat
47	Belgium	18.8%	2018	up 5.0%	rising
48	Argentina	18.3%	2018	down 10.8%	flat
49	Brazil	18.0%	2018	up 1.3%	rising
50	South Korea	17.8%	2018	up 7.4%	falling
51	Tunisia	15.6%	2015	up 2.2%	rising
52	Hong Kong	12.9%	2018	down 9.2%	falling
53	Macao	12.1%	2018	down 41.9%	falling

About this data

Indicator: PISA: Female 15-year-olds by mathematics proficiency level (%). Level 2
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 420 but lower than or equal to 482 points on the PISA mathematics scale. At Level 2, students can interpret and recognize situations in contexts that require no more than direct inference. They can extract relevant information from a single source and make use of a single representational mode. Students at this level can employ basic algorithms, formulae, procedures, or conventions to solve problems involving whole numbers. They are capable of making literal interpretations of the results. 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/