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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - It is important to do well in mathematics.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa81.3%
2 Egypt75.2%
3 Jordan75.1%
4 Turkiye74.4%
5 Israel73.8%
6 Morocco71.9%
7 Oman70.0%
8 Iran69.3%
9 Saudi Arabia67.6%
10 United Arab Emirates67.2%
11 Kuwait67.0%
12 United States66.0%
13 Lebanon64.9%
14 United Kingdom63.3%
15 Georgia62.6%
15 Singapore62.6%
17 Bahrain61.5%
17 Ireland61.5%
19 Cyprus60.4%
20 Qatar59.1%
21 Australia59.0%
22 Chile55.4%
23 Romania55.1%
24 New Zealand53.2%
25 Norway52.9%
26 Malaysia52.8%
27 Portugal52.1%
28 Sweden49.8%
29 Italy49.5%
30 Kazakhstan48.2%
31 Japan 46.3%
32 Lithuania45.4%
33 France41.4%
34 Russian Federation35.2%
35 Finland35.1%
36 Hungary33.9%
37 Republic of Korea30.9%
38 Hong Kong, China29.7%
39 Taiwan27.6%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -2.317971 X +7.401
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.317
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -24026.520703 X +49053.042
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -15.017483 X +86.436
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.580727 X +0.336
Correlation coefficient (r)0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -23.144033 X +22.550
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263