Table 1 Demographic information of the 10 top performing regions in PISA 2018
Regions | Sample | Female | Male | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Asian Regions | ||||
B-S-J-Z (China) | 12,058 (15.1) | 5775 (47.9) | 6283 (52.1) | 362 |
Singapore | 6676(8.3) | 3277 (49.1) | 3399 (50.9) | 167 |
Macao | 3775(4.7) | 1862 (49.3) | 1913 (50.7) | 45 |
Hong Kong | 6037 (7.6) | 2955 (48.9) | 3082 (51.1) | 174 |
Korea | 6650 (8.3) | 3191 (48.2) | 3459 (51.8) | 188 |
Western Regions | ||||
Estonia | 5316(6.6) | 2651 (49.9) | 2665 (50.1) | 232 |
Canada | 22,653 (28.3) | 11,307 (49.9) | 11,344 (50.1) | 914 |
Finland | 5649 (7.1) | 2772 (49.1) | 2877 (50.9) | 214 |
Ireland | 5577 (7.0) | 2777 (49.7) | 2800 (50.3) | 157 |
Poland | 5625 (7.0) | 2857 (50.7) | 2768 (49.3) | 240 |
Total | ||||
Asian Regions | 35,196 (43.9) | 17,060 (48.4) | 18,136 (51.6) | 936 |
Western Regions | 44,820 (56.1) | 22,364 (49.8) | 22,454 (50.2) | 1757 |
All regions | 80,016 (100.0) | 39,424 (49.2) | 40,590 (50.8) | 2693 |