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Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)

Countries

Thirty-five countries from around the world participated in PIRLS 2001, and forty-one countries participated in PIRLS 2006. Fifty-three countries are planning to participate in PIRLS 2011.

Countries 2001 2006 2011
Africa
Egypt   o
Morocco ooo
Nigeria   o
South Africa  oo
Asia
Azerbaijan   o
Bahrain   o
Chinese Taipei  oo
Hong Kong (SAR) ooo
Indonesia  oo
Iran ooo
Israel ooo
Kazakhstan, Republic of   o
Kuwait ooo
Mongolia   o
Oman   o
Qatar  oo
Singapore ooo
Turkey o  
United Arab Emirates   o
Europe
Armenia   o
Austria  oo
Belgium (Flemish)  o 
Belgium (French)  o 
Bulgaria ooo
Croatia   o
Cyprus o  
Czech Republic o o
Denmark  oo
England ooo
Finland   o
France ooo
Georgia  oo
Germany ooo
Greece o  
Hungary ooo
Iceland oo 
Italy ooo
Latvia ooo
Lithuania ooo
Luxembourg  oo
Macedonia, Republic of oo 
Malta   o
Moldova oo 
Netherlands ooo
Norway ooo
Poland  oo
Romania ooo
Russian Federation ooo
Serbia, Republic of   o
Scotland ooo
Slovak Republic ooo
Slovenia ooo
Spain  oo
Sweden ooo
Ukraine   o
North America
Belize o  
Canada1 ooo
Trinidad and Tobago  oo
United States ooo
South America
Argentina o  
Colombia o o
Oceania
Australia   o
New Zealand ooo
o = participating country
1 In 2001 Canada was represented by the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, only. In 2006 Canada participated as 5 separate jurisdictions: Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.

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