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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Calculating how many square metres of tiles you need to cover a floor
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
80 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan64.2%
2 Israel59.8%
3 Panama57.0%
4 Uruguay54.1%
5 Italy53.1%
6 Republic of Korea52.7%
7 Greece52.2%
7 Mongolia52.2%
9 Poland51.6%
10 Guatemala49.3%
11 Romania48.7%
12 Colombia48.2%
12 Costa Rica48.2%
14 Taiwan48.0%
15 Viet Nam47.9%
16 Portugal47.6%
17 Jamaica46.3%
18 United States45.7%
19 Ukraine45.5%
20 Singapore44.9%
21 Bulgaria42.3%
21 Slovenia42.3%
23 Macao, China42.1%
24 Dominican Republic41.9%
25 Paraguay41.4%
26 Morocco40.7%
27 Turkiye40.5%
28 El Salvador40.4%
29 Hong Kong, China40.0%
30 Jordan39.6%
31 Lithuania39.5%
32 Hungary39.1%
32 Thailand39.1%
34 Argentina38.8%
35 France38.6%
36 Mexico38.5%
37 Montenegro38.3%
38 Serbia38.2%
39 Brunei Darussalam37.5%
39 Indonesia37.5%
41 Uzbekistan36.8%
42 Norway36.7%
43 Kazakhstan 36.4%
44 Cambodia36.3%
45 Belgium36.2%
46 Croatia35.9%
46 Palestinian Territory35.9%
48 United Kingdom35.8%
49 Malaysia35.7%
50 Georgia35.2%
51 Kosovo35.1%
52 Qatar35.0%
53 North Macedonia34.4%
54 Brazil34.3%
55 Azerbaijan34.2%
56 United Arab Emirates34.0%
57 Iceland33.5%
58 Austria33.0%
58 New Zealand33.0%
60 Latvia32.7%
61 Chile32.5%
61 Peru32.5%
63 Netherlands32.0%
64 Moldova31.9%
65 Albania31.7%
65 Australia31.7%
65 Switzerland31.7%
68 Malta31.4%
69 Canada30.8%
70 Sweden30.3%
71 Spain29.8%
72 Ireland28.8%
73 Philippines28.6%
74 Finland28.5%
75 Estonia28.4%
76 Saudi Arabia27.0%
77 Germany26.9%
78 Czech Republic25.6%
79 Slovakia22.2%
80 Denmark16.9%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of Ukraine are collected from 18 out of 27 regions.

No data for 158 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2022

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -1.509361 X +6.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data80
Regression equation
Y = -63151.987628 X +54620.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -3.392669 X +78.867
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 0.237717 X +1.643
Correlation coefficient (r)0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 3.433204 X +7.346
Correlation coefficient (r)0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004