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Table 1 Percentages (SE) of 4th-grade students meeting high, intermediate, and low benchmarks and national means and standard deviations by country
Country | Percentages (SE) of 4th-grade students meeting international benchmarksa | National mean (SE) and standard deviation | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High international benchmark | Intermediate international benchmark | Low international benchmark | |||||||||||||||
All subjects | Reading | Maths | Science | Reading | Maths | Science | All subjects | Reading | Maths | Science | Readingb | Mathsc | Scienced | ||||
Austria | 18 (1.2) | 39 (1.5) | 26 (1.5) | 42 (1.6) | 80 (0.9) | 70 (1.9) | 79 (1.7) | 92 (0.8) | 97 (0.3) | 95 (0.8) | 96 (0.6) | 529 (2.0) | 63 | 508 (2.6) | 63 | 532 (2.8) | 70 |
Czech Republic | 21 (1.1) | 50 (1.4) | 30 (1.5) | 44 (1.5) | 87 (0.9) | 72 (1.3 | 81 (1.1) | 92 (0.8) | 98 (0.5) | 93 (0.8) | 97 (0.7) | 545 (2.2) | 61 | 511 (2.4) | 70 | 536 (2.5) | 72 |
Finland | 39 (1.3) | 63 (1.3) | 49 (1.3) | 65 (1.7) | 92 (0.7) | 85 (1.2) | 92 (0.8) | 97 (0.5) | 99 (0.2) | 98 (0.4) | 99 (0.3) | 568 (1.9 | 64 | 545 (2.3) | 68 | 570 (2.6) | 67 |
Germany | 23 (1.3) | 46 (1.4) | 37 (1.4) | 39 (1.6) | 85 (1.0) | 81 (1.3) | 78 (1.5) | 94 (0.8) | 98 (0.3) | 97 (0.6) | 96 (0.7) | 541 (2.2) | 66 | 528 (2.2) | 62 | 528 (2.9) | 70 |
Hungary | 28 (1.3) | 48 (1.5) | 37 (1.4) | 46 (2.0) | 81 (1.2) | 70 (1.5) | 78 (1.5) | 88 (1.1) | 95 (0.7) | 90 (1.0) | 93 (0.9) | 539 (2.9) | 78 | 515 (3.4) | 90 | 534 (3.7 | 86 |
Ireland | 25 (1.5) | 53 (1.4) | 41 (1.6) | 35 (1.7) | 85 (0.8) | 77 (1.4) | 72 (1.6) | 90 (0.9 | 97 (0.5) | 94 (0.6) | 92 (0.9) | 552 (2.3) | 75 | 527 (2.6) | 78 | 516 (3.4) | 79 |
Italy | 18 (1.1) | 46 (1.4) | 28 (1.4) | 37 (1.6) | 85 (1.1) | 69 (1.3 | 76 (1.3) | 90 (0.9) | 98 (0.4) | 93 (0.8) | 95 (1.0) | 541 (2.2) | 66 | 508 (2.6) | 72 | 524 (2.7) | 74 |
Lithuania | 21 (1.3) | 39 (1.4) | 43 (1.5) | 31 (1.6) | 80 (1.2) | 79 (1.2) | 73 (1.2) | 92 (0.8) | 97 (0.4) | 96 (0.6) | 95 (0.6) | 528 (2.0) | 66 | 534 (2.4) | 74 | 515 (2.4) | 68 |
Malta | 7 (0.4) | 24 (0.7) | 25 (0.9) | 14 (0.7) | 55 (0.8) | 63 (0.8) | 41 (1.0) | 64 (0.9) | 78 (0.6) | 88 (0.6) | 70 (1.1) | 477 (1.4) | 97 | 496 (1.3) | 78 | 446 (1.9) | 98 |
Northern Ireland | 29 (1.4) | 58 (1.4) | 59 (1.4) | 33 (1.6) | 87 (0.9) | 85 (1.2) | 74 (1.3) | 92 (0.8) | 97 (0.6) | 96 (0.5) | 94 (1.0) | 558 (2.4) | 76 | 562 (2.9) | 86 | 517 (2.6) | 71 |
Poland | 12 (0.8) | 39 (1.2) | 17 (1.1) | 29 (1.5) | 77 (0.9) | 56 (1.3) | 67 (1.2) | 83 (1.0) | 95 (0.5) | 87 (0.9) | 91 (0.8) | 526 (2.1) | 73 | 481 (2.2) | 73 | 505 (2.6) | 78 |
Portugal | 23 (1.7) | 47 (1.8) | 40 (1.9) | 35 (1.8) | 84 (1.2) | 80 (1.7) | 75 (2.0) | 93 (1.1) | 98 (0.5) | 97 (0.6) | 95 (1.0 | 541 (2.6) | 66 | 532 (3.4) | 69 | 522 (3.9) | 73 |
Romania | 17 (1.2) | 32 (1.6) | 28 (1.7) | 37 (2.3) | 65 (2.1) | 57 (2.2) | 66 (2.3) | 73 (2.1) | 86 (1.5) | 79 (1.9) | 84 (1.8) | 502 (4.3) | 91 | 482 (5.8) | 105 | 505 (5.9) | 107 |
Slovak Republic | 21 (1.3) | 44 (1.5) | 30 (1.7) | 44 (1.5) | 79 (0.9) | 69 (1.6) | 81 (1.1) | 89 (1.3) | 95 (0.6) | 90 (1.2) | 97 (0.7) | 535 (2.8) | 69 | 507 (3.8) | 80 | 532 (3.8) | 79 |
Slovenia | 20 (1.3) | 42 (1.2) | 31 (1.4) | 36 (1.6) | 79 (1.2) | 72 (1.4) | 74 (1.3) | 90 (0.7) | 95 (0.6) | 94 (0.6) | 93 (0.6) | 530 (2.0) | 70 | 513 (2.2) | 69 | 520 (2.7) | 76 |
Spain | 9 (0.8) | 31 (1.3) | 17 (1.1) | 28 (1.5) | 72 (1.2) | 56 (1.9) | 67 (1.6) | 82 (1.4) | 94 (0.7) | 87 (1.3) | 92 (1.2) | 513 (2.3) | 68 | 482 (2.9) | 70 | 505 (3.0) | 73 |
Sweden | 18 (1.1) | 47 (1.6) | 25 (1.2) | 44 (1.5) | 85 (1.0) | 69 (1.4) | 79 (1.1) | 91 (0.7) | 98 (0.3) | 93 (0.7) | 95 (0.5) | 542 (2.1) | 65 | 504 (2.0) | 67 | 533 (2.7) | 75 |