351
Selected Indicators
TABLE 2
Skills, continued Educational attainment Reading
Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Macedonia, FYR Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela, RB Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Yemen, Rep. Zambia Zimbabwe
Educational attainment Mathematics
Educational attainment Science
2003
2006
2009
2003
2006
2009
2003
2006
2009
491
479
484
483 433*
486 449*
482
489 393*
490 414*
494
470
468
502* 435*
486
477
519* 449*
488
491
508*
474*
510*
471*
385 460*
406
419
405 472*
410
416
387*
399 381*
403
396*
412 402*
401
400
411
425
392
408
513 522
507 521
508 521
538 523
531 522
526 519
524 521
525 530
522 532
500
484
503
495
490 372*
498
484
487 423*
500
371 370 497 478 442
508 472 396 440
500 489 424 459
360 365
378* 490 466 475* 468
495 466 415 476
332*
329*
495 487 427 468
376 369
377* 498 468 470* 489
498 474 418 479
398*
403*
508 493 428 478
412
401
442
437
435
442
436
436
443
469
466 494
526 477 483
605* 498 493*
593* 492 504
562 497 501
578* 495 520*
567* 488 519
542 490 512
481
461
481
264* 485
480
483
244* 487
488
488
514 499
507 499
497 501
509 527
502 530 395*
494 534
506 513
503 512 452*
495 517
420
417
421
417
417
419
429
421
425
375 441
380 447
416 404 464
359 423
365 424
414 371 445
385 434
386 424
410 401 454
483 422
462* 495 474 427
492 487 427
491 438
485* 515 489 428
514 502 427
495 434
495 413
*An asterisk denotes data from TIMSS. All other data are from PISA.
494 500 426
390*
435*