PISA: Male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Level 6 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: PISA: Male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Level 6 was 1.7% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
1.7%
Change on year
down 17.4%
World rank
9th
of 52 countries
All-time high
3.7%
in 2006
All-time low
1.7%
in 2018
Years of data
5
2006–2018

PISA: Male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Level 6 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2006–2018

012342006201220182006: 3.72009: 2.42012: 2.22015: 22018: 1.7

Source: OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).

Analysis

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 1.7% for pisa: male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). level 6 in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 17.4% on the previous year and down 30.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, pisa: male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). level 6 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 3.7% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2018.

That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9th out of 52 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.

PISA: Male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Level 6 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for PISA: Male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Level 6 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2006 to 2018.
Year Value Change
2006 3.7%
2009 2.4% -34.9%
2012 2.2% -11.1%
2015 2.0% -5.9%
2018 1.7% -17.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 3.1% 2.4% 3.7% 2
2010s 2.0% 1.7% 2.2% 3

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 6 Canada 1.9% compare
  2. 7 Australia 1.9% compare
  3. 8 Germany 1.8% compare
  4. 10 Finland 1.7% compare
  5. 11 Netherlands 1.5% compare
  6. 12 United States of America 1.5% compare

See the full ranking of 52 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is pisa: male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). level 6 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Pisa: male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). level 6 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 1.7% in 2018, according to OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
What is the highest pisa: male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). level 6 recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2006.
What is the lowest pisa: male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). level 6 recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2018.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for pisa: male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). level 6?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 9th out of 52 countries with data for 2018.
Is pisa: male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). level 6 rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
The figures come from OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), published as part of PISA: Male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Level 6. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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PISA: Male 15-year-olds by science proficiency level (%). Level 6
Source
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
52 places, 296 data points, 2003–2018
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Percentage of 15-year-old male students scoring higher than 708 on the PISA science scale. At Level 6, students can draw on a range of interrelated scientific ideas and concepts from the physical, life and earth and space sciences and use content, procedural and epistemic knowledge in order to offer explanatory hypotheses of novel scientific phenomena, events and processes or to make predictions. In interpreting data and evidence, they are able to discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information and can draw on knowledge external to the normal school curriculum. They can distinguish between arguments that are based on scientific evidence and theory and those based on other considerations. Level 6 students can evaluate competing designs of complex experiments, field studies or simulations and justify their choices. 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/