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PISA Science Performance, 2009

Figures for 2009, as OECD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

PISA Science Performance, 2009 covers 60 countries. Finland is highest, at 554.08; Peru is lowest, at 369.35. The middle country reads 490.84. Against 2006, 49 values changed (31 up, 18 down), 11 countries joined, 1 left.

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PISA Science Performance · Data for 2009

HighestFinland

554.08

LowestPeru

369.35

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of PISA Science Performance, 2009, as published. OECD ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 60 countries · select a heading to sort

PISA Science Performance, 2009: every country, as published by OECD.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe554.08
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia549.03
3SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia541.70
4JapanJPNEastern Asia539.43
5South KoreaKOREastern Asia537.99
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand532.01
7CanadaCANNorthern America528.70
8EstoniaESTNorthern Europe527.83
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand527.27
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe522.22
11TaiwanTWNEastern Asia520.42
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe520.41
13SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe516.57
14United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe513.71
15SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe511.76
16MacauMACEastern Asia511.07
17PolandPOLEastern Europe508.07
18IrelandIRLNorthern Europe507.98
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe506.58
20HungaryHUNEastern Europe502.64
21United StatesUSANorthern America502.00
22CzechiaCZEEastern Europe500.50
23NorwayNORNorthern Europe499.88
24DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe499.34
25FranceFRAWestern Europe498.23

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Finland554.08
  2. 2Hong Kong549.03
  3. 3Singapore541.70
  4. 4Japan539.43
  5. 5South Korea537.99

Lowest

  1. 60Peru369.35
  2. 59Georgia372.65
  3. 58Panama375.90
  4. 57Qatar379.45
  5. 56Indonesia382.57

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 490.84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2009

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +11 / −1countries joined / left
  • 49values changed, of 49 in both
  • 31 · 18rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Albania+ United Arab Emirates+ Costa Rica+ Georgia+ Kazakhstan+ Moldova+ Malta+ Malaysia+ Panama+ Peru+ Singapore− Austria

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    OECD publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 60 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions — Data clause. The OECD’s own terms for its data: reuse, including commercial reuse, with the OECD credited as the source.

Cite this edition

OECD (2009). PISA Science Performance, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pisa-science/2009

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07Questions

PISA Science Performance, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest PISA science scores in PISA Science Performance, 2009?

Finland, at 554.08, of the 60 countries in the file.

What year does PISA Science Performance, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does PISA Science Performance, 2009 cover?

60.

Where can I download PISA Science Performance, 2009?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is PISA Science Performance, 2009 the newest?

No. The newest held here is PISA Science Performance, 2022.

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