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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - It is important to learn about mathematics to get ahead in the world.
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 Africa67.3%
2 Egypt65.7%
3 Jordan64.2%
4 Israel62.2%
5 Morocco59.2%
6 Oman57.8%
6 Turkiye57.8%
8 Saudi Arabia55.1%
9 Georgia54.7%
10 United Arab Emirates52.1%
11 Lebanon50.7%
12 Bahrain50.6%
13 Kuwait48.9%
14 Iran48.6%
15 Malaysia46.9%
16 Romania45.9%
17 United States44.6%
18 Qatar44.2%
19 Portugal41.6%
20 Chile41.5%
21 Australia41.2%
22 Cyprus39.8%
22 Norway39.8%
24 Kazakhstan39.6%
25 Singapore39.2%
26 Italy38.1%
27 United Kingdom37.9%
28 Ireland37.0%
29 New Zealand36.6%
30 Hungary35.3%
31 Finland31.8%
32 France30.9%
33 Russian Federation29.3%
34 Sweden26.9%
35 Hong Kong, China21.7%
36 Japan 19.3%
37 Lithuania18.3%
38 Republic of Korea16.6%
39 Taiwan13.8%

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 = -3.085114 X +7.392
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -58769.619448 X +60353.859
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -21.513938 X +87.097
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.181791 X +0.445
Correlation coefficient (r)0.730
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.533

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -23.155915 X +19.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269