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Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Countries

43 countries participated in PISA 2000 assessment, 41 countries participated in the PISA 2003 assessment, and 56 countries are participating in the PISA 2006 assessment. A Board of Participating Countries (BPC) with representatives from each participating country manages PISA. Countries include:

Countries PISA 2000 PISA 2003 PISA 2006
Africa
Tunisia1   X X
Asia
Azerbaijan1     X
Chinese Taipei1, 2     X
Hong Kong-China1, 2 X X X
Indonesia1, 2 X X X
Israel1, 2 X   X
Japan X X X
Jordan1     X
Korea, Republic of X X X
Kyrgyzstan1     X
Macao-China1   X X
Qatar1     X
Thailand1 X X X
Turkey   X X
Europe
Albania1, 2 X    
Austria X X X
Belgium X X X
Bulgaria1, 2 X   X
Croatia1     X
Czech Republic X X X
Denmark X X X
Estonia1     X
Finland X X X
France X X X
Germany X X X
Greece X X X
Hungary X X X
Iceland X X X
Italy X X X
Ireland X X X
Latvia1 X X X
Liechtenstein1 X X X
Lithuania1     X
Luxembourg X X X
Macedonia1, 2 X    
Montenegro, Republic of 1     X
Norway X X X
Poland X X X
Portugal X X X
Romania1, 2 X   X
Russian Federation1 X X X
Serbia and Montenegro 1   X  
Serbia, Republic of 1     X
Slovak Republic   X X
Slovenia1     X
Spain X X X
Sweden X X X
Switzerland X X X
The Netherlands X X X
United Kingdom X X X
North America
Canada X X X
Mexico X X X
United States X X X
South America
Argentina1, 2 X   X
Brazil1 X X X
Chile1, 2 X   X
Colombia1     X
Peru1, 2 X    
Uruguay1   X X
Oceania
Australia X X X
New Zealand X X X
X = collected data
1 Denotes non-OECD country.
2 Denotes countries which administered the PISA 2000 assessment in 2002

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