Content
• The PISA 2012 survey focused on mathematics, with reading, science and problem-solving minor areas
of assessment. For the first time, PISA 2012 also included an assessment of the financial literacy of young
people.
Participating countries and economies
• All 34 OECD member countries and 31 partner countries and economies participated in PISA 2012,
representing more than 80% of the world economy.
Participating students
• Around 510 000 students between the ages of 15 years 3 months and 16 years 2 months completed the
assessment in 2012, representing about 28 million 15-year-olds in the schools of the 65 participating
countries and economies.

The full rapport:
www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results-overview.pdf
www.oecd.org/pisa