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

Countries reporting

Highest

30.6%

Indonesia

Lowest

4.1%

Macao

Median

14.3%

Years covered

2003–2018

Data points

303

What the numbers show

PISA: Male 15-year-olds by mathematics proficiency level (%). Level 1 is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 30.6% in Indonesia; the lowest is 4.1% in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.3%, and the mean is 16.9%.

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

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 90.8%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 48.3%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Indonesia	30.6%	2018	down 6.0%	rising
2	Mexico	29.1%	2018	up 6.2%	rising
3	Colombia	28.9%	2018	down 9.2%	flat
4	Thailand	28.0%	2018	down 2.2%	flat
5	Argentina	27.7%	2018	up 5.6%	rising
6	Tunisia	27.5%	2015	up 12.0%	rising
7	Jordan	26.5%	2018	down 10.9%	falling
8	Brazil	26.1%	2018	down 17.3%	rising
9	Chile	25.9%	2018	down 5.7%	falling
10	Montenegro	25.1%	2018	down 9.0%	falling
11	Uruguay	24.6%	2018	up 7.0%	rising
12	Romania	23.4%	2018	down 12.9%	falling
13	Bulgaria	22.2%	2018	down 2.2%	falling
14	Turkey	22.0%	2018	down 7.8%	flat
15	Qatar	21.8%	2018	up 4.2%	rising
16	Serbia	21.6%	2018	down 3.5%	falling
17	Greece	20.5%	2018	up 16.7%	rising
18	Croatia	19.9%	2018	down 1.8%	rising
19	Lithuania	17.0%	2018	down 6.7%	rising
20	United States	15.9%	2018	up 15.1%	rising
21	Hungary	15.9%	2018	up 16.2%	rising
22	Spain	15.9%	2018	up 17.5%	flat
23	Israel	15.8%	2018	down 10.3%	falling
24	Luxembourg	15.6%	2018	up 21.7%	rising
25	Slovakia	14.8%	2018	up 3.0%	rising
26	Russia	14.7%	2018	down 19.2%	falling
27	Czechia	14.3%	2018	down 3.9%	rising
28	Australia	14.3%	2018	up 39.9%	rising
29	Iceland	14.2%	2018	up 22.1%	rising
30	Portugal	14.0%	2018	down 4.4%	falling
31	New Zealand	13.8%	2018	up 36.4%	rising
32	Italy	13.8%	2018	down 7.7%	falling
33	Austria	13.5%	2018	down 9.1%	flat
34	Germany	13.5%	2018	up 17.0%	flat
35	Norway	13.1%	2018	up 8.1%	flat
36	France	13.1%	2018	up 5.1%	rising
37	Sweden	13.1%	2018	up 1.3%	rising
38	Latvia	12.8%	2018	down 23.1%	falling
39	Finland	12.3%	2018	up 90.8%	rising
40	United Kingdom	12.1%	2018	down 1.3%	flat
41	Belgium	11.9%	2018	up 10.6%	rising
42	Slovenia	11.9%	2018	down 14.2%	falling
43	Switzerland	11.9%	2018	up 41.1%	rising
44	Ireland	11.7%	2018	down 9.4%	flat
45	Netherlands	11.7%	2018	up 28.8%	rising
46	Canada	11.3%	2018	up 44.7%	rising
47	Poland	10.8%	2018	down 25.7%	falling
48	Denmark	10.7%	2018	down 0.6%	rising
49	South Korea	10.0%	2018	up 49.8%	rising
50	Japan	8.5%	2018	down 1.8%	falling
51	Estonia	7.9%	2018	down 14.5%	falling
52	Hong Kong	7.1%	2018	up 23.2%	rising
53	Macao	4.1%	2018	down 48.3%	falling

About this data

Indicator: PISA: Male 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 male 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/