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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I learn many interesting things in mathematics.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
57 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Albania92.6%
2 Kosovo90.0%
3 Azerbaijan87.1%
4 Morocco85.6%
5 Georgia85.5%
6 North Macedonia83.7%
7 Armenia83.6%
8 Iran81.6%
9 Oman80.3%
10 Montenegro79.8%
11 Saudi Arabia78.1%
12 Kazakhstan77.7%
13 Turkiye74.6%
14 Cyprus72.8%
14 Malta72.8%
16 Bahrain72.7%
17 Portugal72.1%
18 United Arab Emirates71.1%
19 Spain70.8%
20 Lithuania70.2%
21 Bulgaria69.7%
22 Kuwait69.2%
23 Chile67.8%
23 Italy67.8%
25 South Africa67.4%
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina66.3%
27 Pakistan65.6%
28 Qatar63.9%
29 France63.6%
30 Russian Federation63.2%
31 Hungary62.0%
32 United States60.7%
33 United Kingdom58.3%
34 Ireland57.9%
35 Canada57.5%
36 Slovakia57.0%
37 Australia56.8%
38 New Zealand56.6%
39 Latvia55.6%
40 Philippines55.3%
41 Austria54.4%
42 Singapore54.0%
43 Belgium52.7%
44 Serbia52.2%
45 Poland50.9%
46 Germany49.5%
47 Czech Republic49.3%
48 Norway48.4%
49 Netherlands46.4%
50 Hong Kong, China43.4%
51 Finland42.5%
52 Sweden41.9%
53 Taiwan39.9%
54 Croatia37.8%
55 Denmark34.8%
56 Japan 33.8%
57 Republic of Korea29.8%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 181 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data55
Regression equation
Y = -2.624019 X +7.888
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.547
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.299

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -82758.436532 X +84858.124
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -16.099133 X +87.662
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 0.953827 X +1.081
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -12.693954 X +17.364
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137