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

Percentage of 15-year-old male students scoring higher than 261 but less than or equal to 335 on the PISA science scale. At Level 1B, students can use basic or everyday scientific knowledge to recognise aspects of familiar or simple phenomenon. They are able to identify simple patterns in data, recognise basic...

Countries reporting
50
Highest
22.5%
Qatar
Lowest
0.9%
Macao
Median
5.4%
Years covered
13
2006–2018
Data points
250

What the numbers show

PISA: Male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Level 1B is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 22.5% in Qatar; the lowest is 0.9% in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.4%, and the mean is 7.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 289.3%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 55.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 22.5% 2018 down 22.5% falling
2 Brazil 21.1% 2018 up 31.6% flat
3 Indonesia 18.3% 2018 down 20.4% falling
4 Bulgaria 17.1% 2018 up 14.1% flat
5 Montenegro 16.1% 2018 down 15.2% flat
6 Colombia 14.7% 2018 up 5.0% falling
7 Thailand 14.6% 2018 up 12.1% rising
8 Jordan 14.1% 2018 down 17.1% flat
9 Israel 13.9% 2018 up 26.0% rising
10 Romania 13.7% 2018 up 14.5% falling
11 Uruguay 13.5% 2018 up 3.7% falling
12 Mexico 10.4% 2018 down 13.5% falling
13 Greece 9.7% 2018 up 38.6% rising
14 Chile 9.3% 2018 up 33.3% rising
15 Slovakia 8.3% 2018 up 108.3% rising
16 Luxembourg 7.5% 2018 up 25.5% rising
17 Iceland 7.4% 2018 up 47.6% rising
18 Italy 7.0% 2018 up 16.3% falling
19 Norway 7.0% 2018 up 74.0% rising
20 Croatia 6.2% 2018 up 55.0% rising
21 Lithuania 5.8% 2018 up 44.4% rising
22 Germany 5.7% 2018 up 43.1% rising
23 France 5.7% 2018 down 4.9% flat
24 Turkey 5.7% 2018 down 18.9% falling
25 Sweden 5.4% 2018 down 10.0% rising
26 Belgium 5.3% 2018 up 6.3% rising
27 Hungary 5.3% 2018 up 32.7% rising
28 Netherlands 5.3% 2018 up 75.9% rising
29 Austria 5.2% 2018 down 12.8% rising
30 New Zealand 5.2% 2018 up 28.8% rising
31 Australia 5.1% 2018 up 70.1% rising
32 United States 5.1% 2018 up 27.3% falling
33 Switzerland 4.9% 2018 up 63.8% rising
34 Denmark 4.9% 2018 up 62.4% rising
35 Spain 4.7% 2018 up 17.6% rising
36 Russia 4.5% 2018 down 10.0% falling
37 Portugal 4.5% 2018 up 48.8% falling
38 Latvia 4.4% 2018 up 47.1% rising
39 Czechia 4.2% 2018 up 4.8% rising
40 United Kingdom 3.9% 2018 up 30.3% flat
41 Finland 3.9% 2018 up 289.3% volatile
42 Ireland 3.6% 2018 down 10.3% falling
43 South Korea 3.2% 2018 up 217.8% rising
44 Hong Kong 3.0% 2018 up 201.8% rising
45 Canada 2.9% 2018 up 45.1% rising
46 Poland 2.9% 2018 down 3.5% falling
47 Slovenia 2.9% 2018 down 28.4% falling
48 Japan 2.2% 2018 down 26.5% falling
49 Estonia 1.3% 2018 up 33.6% rising
50 Macao 0.9% 2018 down 55.8% falling

About this data

Indicator
PISA: Male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). 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 male students scoring higher than 261 but less than or equal to 335 on the PISA science scale. At Level 1B, students can use basic or everyday scientific knowledge to recognise aspects of familiar or simple phenomenon. They are able to identify simple patterns in data, recognise basic scientific terms and follow explicit instructions to carry out a scientific procedure. 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/