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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I learn things quickly 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 Kosovo77.6%
2 Albania71.5%
3 North Macedonia70.9%
4 Montenegro66.9%
5 Saudi Arabia66.1%
6 Armenia63.2%
7 Oman63.1%
8 Azerbaijan62.5%
9 Morocco62.3%
10 Bahrain61.8%
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina59.9%
12 Iran59.3%
13 Cyprus57.9%
14 Pakistan57.1%
15 Georgia56.8%
16 South Africa55.8%
17 Bulgaria55.2%
17 Kuwait55.2%
19 Turkiye54.3%
20 Kazakhstan51.6%
21 United Arab Emirates51.0%
22 Qatar49.8%
23 Spain47.8%
24 Chile47.1%
25 Malta46.9%
26 Austria45.7%
27 Italy45.3%
28 Hungary45.2%
29 Philippines44.8%
30 United States44.1%
31 Netherlands43.9%
32 Belgium43.8%
33 Serbia43.5%
34 Slovakia43.3%
35 Finland42.2%
36 Canada41.6%
37 France41.4%
38 Ireland40.7%
39 Norway40.4%
40 Germany39.0%
41 Croatia38.4%
41 Sweden38.4%
43 United Kingdom37.6%
44 Lithuania37.0%
45 Portugal36.8%
46 Australia36.2%
47 Poland35.2%
48 Singapore34.8%
49 Russian Federation34.2%
50 New Zealand33.5%
51 Denmark33.0%
52 Czech Republic32.5%
53 Hong Kong, China31.5%
54 Latvia31.3%
55 Republic of Korea25.6%
56 Taiwan21.4%
57 Japan 20.9%

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 = -2.717341 X +7.511
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -90797.532149 X +75392.130
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -19.445292 X +86.680
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.430186 X +1.007
Correlation coefficient (r)0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -18.153957 X +17.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180