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Table 2.   Average mathematics scale scores of eighth-grade students,
by country: 1999



International average

487



Singapore

604



Korea, Republic of

587



Chinese Taipei

585



Hong Kong SAR

582



Japan

579



Belgium-Flemish

558



Netherlands

540



Slovak Republic

534



Hungary

532



Canada

531



Slovenia

530



Russian Federation

526



Australia

525



Czech Republic

520



Finland

520



Malaysia

519



Bulgaria

511



Latvia

505



United States

502



England

496



New Zealand

491



Lithuania

482



Italy

479



Cyprus

476



Romania

472



Moldova, Republic of

469



Thailand

467



Israel

466



Tunisia

448



Macedonia, Republic of

447



Turkey

429



Jordan

428



Iran, Islamic Republic of

422



Indonesia

403



Chile

392



Philippines

345



Morocco

337



South Africa

275