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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Representing a situation mathematically using variables, symbols, or diagrams
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
80 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea 45.6%
2 Italy42.2%
3 Hungary41.4%
4 Israel40.5%
5 Serbia40.2%
6 Poland39.7%
7 Czech Republic38.3%
7 Greece38.3%
9 Iceland38.0%
10 Montenegro37.3%
11 Romania37.1%
12 Bulgaria36.7%
13 Slovenia36.5%
14 Morocco36.0%
15 Estonia35.9%
16 Ukraine35.7%
17 Jordan34.4%
18 Panama34.1%
19 Lithuania33.4%
20 Palestinian Territory33.1%
21 Slovakia33.0%
22 Finland32.7%
23 Taiwan32.1%
24 Paraguay30.7%
24 Turkiye30.7%
26 Latvia30.5%
27 North Macedonia30.4%
27 Viet Nam30.4%
29 Costa Rica30.3%
30 Mongolia30.0%
31 Azerbaijan29.9%
32 Kosovo29.7%
33 Croatia29.4%
34 Albania29.3%
35 Spain29.1%
36 Georgia28.8%
37 Guatemala28.6%
38 Indonesia28.3%
39 El Salvador28.2%
40 Uzbekistan28.1%
41 Dominican Republic27.9%
42 Uruguay27.8%
43 Belgium27.3%
44 Japan26.7%
45 France26.5%
46 Netherlands26.2%
47 Moldova26.0%
48 Saudi Arabia25.9%
49 Mexico25.8%
50 Norway25.4%
51 Malaysia25.0%
52 Thailand24.8%
53 Switzerland24.4%
54 Cambodia24.1%
55 Colombia23.9%
56 Kazakhstan23.8%
56 Qatar23.8%
58 United Arab Emirates23.0%
59 Jamaica22.9%
60 Chile22.7%
61 Argentina22.6%
62 Malta22.4%
63 Brazil22.2%
63 Portugal22.2%
65 Philippines21.3%
66 United Kingdom21.0%
67 Hong Kong, China20.9%
68 Austria20.6%
69 Germany19.8%
70 United States19.3%
71 New Zealand19.0%
72 Peru18.3%
72 Sweden18.3%
74 Canada17.5%
75 Macao, China17.0%
76 Australia16.9%
76 Ireland16.9%
78 Brunei Darussalam16.5%
79 Denmark15.9%
80 Singapore15.0%

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 = -2.079161 X +6.830
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data80
Regression equation
Y = -131519.931699 X +67066.192
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -10.566713 X +80.515
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 0.574227 X +1.574
Correlation coefficient (r)0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 10.965433 X +5.585
Correlation coefficient (r)0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030