Result of Nationwide Achievement Test by Prefecture in Japan
The government conducts the nationwide achievement test every year. The following shows the result of the test among the 5th grade students by prefecture in 2012. Each number means the percentage of correct answers. Students in Akita are the smartest.
percentage of correct answers (%) | |||||
Linguistic problem A | Linguistic problem B | Mathematical problem A | Mathematical problem B | Total | |
Average (National and Private school) | 62.9 | 49.6 | 77.3 | 58.6 | 62.1 |
Average (Municipal school) | 62.7 | 49.4 | 77.2 | 58.4 | 61.9 |
Hokkaido | 60.4 | 46.4 | 74.9 | 54.0 | 58.9 |
Aomori | 68.7 | 52.9 | 80.7 | 60.5 | 65.7 |
Iwate | 65.5 | 50.8 | 78.3 | 57.9 | 63.1 |
Miyagi | 60.8 | 47.6 | 76.3 | 56.5 | 60.3 |
Akita | 71.7 | 59.1 | 82.8 | 67.1 | 70.2 |
Yamagata | 63.9 | 48.5 | 77.3 | 57.1 | 61.7 |
Fukushima | 63.9 | 48.5 | 76.4 | 55.3 | 61.0 |
Ibaraki | 63.7 | 49.7 | 77.2 | 58.9 | 62.4 |
Tochigi | 61.1 | 47.9 | 76.8 | 56.3 | 60.5 |
Gunma | 61.3 | 47.5 | 76.4 | 55.0 | 60.1 |
Saitama | 62.6 | 49.7 | 76.2 | 57.7 | 61.6 |
Chiba | 61.9 | 50.1 | 77.1 | 59.4 | 62.1 |
Tokyo | 64.8 | 52.1 | 78.4 | 60.8 | 64.0 |
Kanagawa | 61.5 | 49.7 | 76.5 | 58.7 | 61.6 |
Niigata | 66.3 | 50.4 | 79.5 | 59.3 | 63.9 |
Toyama | 63.8 | 50.7 | 79.7 | 60.4 | 63.7 |
Ishikawa | 67.6 | 54.3 | 80.2 | 64.3 | 66.6 |
Fukui | 68.6 | 54.3 | 81.6 | 65.1 | 67.4 |
Yamanashi | 60.1 | 47.5 | 75.6 | 55.8 | 59.8 |
Nagano | 63.7 | 50.3 | 77.8 | 59.5 | 62.8 |
Gifu | 61.3 | 49.1 | 76.2 | 56.0 | 60.7 |
Shizuoka | 57.7 | 47.3 | 76.2 | 56.6 | 59.5 |
Aichi | 61.2 | 48.6 | 76.2 | 59.5 | 61.4 |
Mie | 60.3 | 46.7 | 75.8 | 55.3 | 59.5 |
Shiga | 58.8 | 46.4 | 74.7 | 55.1 | 58.8 |
Kyoto | 65.8 | 52.1 | 79.2 | 61.1 | 64.6 |
Osaka | 61.2 | 47.9 | 77.1 | 57.3 | 60.9 |
Hyogo | 63.3 | 49.9 | 77.4 | 59.2 | 62.5 |
Nara | 62.6 | 50.1 | 78.6 | 58.5 | 62.5 |
Wakayama | 62.4 | 47.5 | 76.4 | 56.9 | 60.8 |
Tottori | 63.9 | 50.4 | 78.1 | 60.2 | 63.2 |
Shimane | 59.9 | 46.8 | 74.3 | 55.8 | 59.2 |
Okayama | 61.4 | 47.7 | 74.6 | 57.2 | 60.2 |
Hiroshima | 65.8 | 52.7 | 79.2 | 61.3 | 64.8 |
Yamaguchi | 64.3 | 50.2 | 77.9 | 59.9 | 63.1 |
Tokushima | 63.3 | 49.0 | 75.8 | 58.4 | 61.6 |
Kagawa | 66.8 | 52.9 | 78.1 | 62.1 | 65.0 |
Ehime | 63.1 | 50.7 | 77.6 | 61.0 | 63.1 |
Kochi | 65.3 | 49.8 | 78.8 | 57.9 | 63.0 |
Fukuoka | 63.2 | 49.1 | 77.2 | 58.7 | 62.1 |
Saga | 63.3 | 46.8 | 77.1 | 57.4 | 61.2 |
Nagasaki | 60.3 | 46.9 | 76.4 | 57.1 | 60.2 |
Kumamoto | 64.0 | 48.1 | 78.5 | 58.6 | 62.3 |
Oita | 62.3 | 48.7 | 78.7 | 57.8 | 61.9 |
Miyazaki | 64.5 | 48.1 | 77.0 | 56.8 | 61.6 |
Kagoshima | 64.7 | 47.9 | 78.8 | 56.7 | 62.0 |
Okinawa | 58.3 | 45.5 | 73.3 | 54.4 | 57.9 |
Source is National Institute for Educational Policy Research of Japan.
www.nier.go.jp/13chousakekkahoukoku/data/research-report/13-point.pdf
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