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Table 1.   Average mathematics scale scores of eighth-grade students
by country: 2003


International average

466



Singapore

605



Korea, Republic of

589



Hong Kong SAR

586



Chinese Taipei

585



Japan

570



Belgium-Flemish

537



Netherlands

536



Estonia

531



Hungary

529



Malaysia

508



Latvia

508



Russian Federation

508



Slovak Republic

508



Australia

505



United States

504



Lithuania

502



Sweden

499



Scotland

498



Israel

496



New Zealand

494



Slovenia

493



Italy

484



Armenia

478



Serbia

477



Bulgaria

476



Romania

475



Norway

461



Moldova, Republic of

460



Cyprus

459



Macedonia, Republic of

435



Lebanon

433



Jordan

424



Iran, Islamic Republic of

411



Indonesia

411



Tunisia

410



Egypt

406



Bahrain

401



Palestinian National Authority

390



Chile

387



Morocco

387



Philippines

378



Botswana

366



Saudi Arabia

332



Ghana

276



South Africa

264