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Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Countries

A total of 43 countries participated in the PISA 2000 assessment (32 countries participated initially in 2000 and 11 additional countries completed the assessment in 2002). A total of 41 countries participated in the PISA 2003 assessment and 57 countries participated in the PISA 2006 assessment. In 2009, 67 countries are participating in PISA.

Countries 2000 2003 2006 2009
Africa
Tunisia  ooo
Asia
Azerbaijan   oo
Chinese Taipei   oo
Dubai (UAE)    o
Hong Kong-China1 oooo
Indonesia1 oooo
Israel1 o oo
Japan oooo
Jordan   oo
Korea, Republic of oooo
Kazakhstan, Republic of    o
Kyrgyzstan   oo
Macao-China  ooo
Qatar   oo
Shanghai-China    o
Singapore    o
Thailand1 oooo
Turkey  ooo
Europe
Albania1 o  o
Austria oooo
Belgium oooo
Bulgaria1 o oo
Croatia   oo
Czech Republic oooo
Denmark oooo
Estonia   oo
Finland oooo
France oooo
Germany oooo
Greece oooo
Hungary oooo
Iceland oooo
Ireland oooo
Italy oooo
Latvia oooo
Liechtenstein oooo
Lithuania   oo
Luxembourg oooo
Macedonia1 o   
Moldova, Republic of    o
Montenegro, Republic of2  ooo
Netherlands oooo
Norway oooo
Poland oooo
Portugal oooo
Romania1 o oo
Russian Federation oooo
Serbia, Republic of2  ooo
Slovak Republic  ooo
Slovenia   oo
Spain oooo
Sweden oooo
Switzerland oooo
United Kingdom oooo
North America
Canada oooo
Mexico oooo
Trinidad and Tobago    o
United States oooo
South and Central America
Argentina1 o oo
Brazil oooo
Chile1 o oo
Colombia   oo
Dominican Republic    o
Panama    o
Peru1 o  o
Uruguay  ooo
Oceania
Australia oooo
New Zealand oooo
o = participating country

1 Denotes countries which administered the PISA 2000 assessment in 2002.
2 The Republics of Montenegro and Serbia were a united jurisdiction under the PISA 2003 assessment, but separate jurisdictions in subsequent PISA assessments.
NOTE: OECD countries are bolded.

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