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

Percentage of 15-year-old female students scoring below the lowest proficiency level (less than or equal to 261) on the PISA science scale. No item in the PISA assessment can indicate what students who perform below Level 1b can do. Students below Level 1b may have acquired some elements of science knowledge and...

Countries reporting
50
Highest
3.5%
Brazil
Lowest
0.0%
Estonia
Median
0.5%
Years covered
13
2006–2018
Data points
250

What the numbers show

PISA: Female 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Below Level 1B is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 3.5% in Brazil; the lowest is 0.0% in Estonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 0.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 286.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 173.4%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 84.7%).

PISA: Female 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Below Leve: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 3.5% 2018 up 17.9% falling
2 Romania 2.7% 2018 up 173.4% volatile
3 Colombia 2.1% 2018 down 47.2% falling
4 Bulgaria 2.1% 2018 down 30.1% falling
5 Uruguay 2.0% 2018 down 31.7% falling
6 Qatar 1.9% 2018 down 68.4% falling
7 Montenegro 1.9% 2018 down 53.1% falling
8 Israel 1.7% 2018 down 42.4% falling
9 Indonesia 1.7% 2018 down 44.0% falling
10 Slovakia 1.6% 2018 up 58.5% rising
11 Jordan 1.4% 2018 down 30.9% rising
12 Mexico 1.3% 2018 down 32.7% falling
13 Greece 0.9% 2018 down 5.1% flat
14 Italy 0.9% 2018 down 5.8% falling
15 Chile 0.9% 2018 down 5.8% falling
16 Netherlands 0.8% 2018 — volatile
17 Thailand 0.8% 2018 down 21.0% volatile
18 Hungary 0.8% 2018 down 24.3% volatile
19 Germany 0.7% 2018 down 30.1% volatile
20 Luxembourg 0.7% 2018 down 65.5% falling
21 United Kingdom 0.7% 2018 — volatile
22 Norway 0.6% 2018 — volatile
23 Australia 0.6% 2018 down 38.7% volatile
24 France 0.5% 2018 down 45.6% falling
25 Belgium 0.5% 2018 down 47.4% falling
26 Spain 0.5% 2018 down 48.4% volatile
27 Austria 0.5% 2018 down 48.5% falling
28 Portugal 0.5% 2018 — volatile
29 New Zealand 0.5% 2018 — volatile
30 Czechia 0.4% 2018 down 55.3% volatile
31 Croatia 0.4% 2018 — volatile
32 Sweden 0.4% 2018 down 56.0% volatile
33 Denmark 0.4% 2018 down 57.3% falling
34 South Korea 0.4% 2018 — volatile
35 Iceland 0.4% 2018 down 59.1% falling
36 Switzerland 0.4% 2018 down 62.0% volatile
37 Canada 0.4% 2018 — volatile
38 United States 0.3% 2018 down 65.3% volatile
39 Russia 0.3% 2018 down 65.3% volatile
40 Finland 0.3% 2018 — volatile
41 Lithuania 0.3% 2018 — volatile
42 Ireland 0.3% 2018 down 71.8% volatile
43 Latvia 0.2% 2018 — volatile
44 Poland 0.2% 2018 — volatile
45 Slovenia 0.2% 2018 — volatile
46 Japan 0.2% 2018 down 84.7% volatile
47 Turkey 0.1% 2018 — volatile
48 Hong Kong 0.1% 2018 — volatile
49 Macao 0.1% 2018 — volatile
50 Estonia 0.0% 2018 — volatile

About this data

Indicator
PISA: Female 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Below Level 1B
Source
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 250 data points, 2006–2018
Last refreshed

Percentage of 15-year-old female students scoring below the lowest proficiency level (less than or equal to 261) on the PISA science scale. No item in the PISA assessment can indicate what students who perform below Level 1b can do. Students below Level 1b may have acquired some elements of science knowledge and skills, but based on the tasks included in the PISA test, their ability can only be described in terms of what they cannot do – and they are unlikely to be able to solve, other than by guessing, any of the PISA tasks. Data reflect country performance in the stated year, but may not be comparable across years or countries. Consult the PISA website for more detailed information: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/