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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is boring.
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 Norway28.4%
2 Qatar26.9%
3 Kuwait26.3%
4 Sweden24.7%
5 Ireland22.7%
6 Bahrain22.6%
7 Australia22.2%
8 United States22.0%
9 Hungary21.8%
10 Finland21.4%
11 United Kingdom20.8%
12 Hong Kong, China20.0%
13 Israel19.9%
14 Portugal19.8%
15 Romania19.7%
16 Egypt19.3%
17 Italy19.1%
17 New Zealand19.1%
19 Jordan17.9%
20 Lebanon17.7%
21 United Arab Emirates17.4%
22 Turkiye17.3%
23 Saudi Arabia17.1%
24 Cyprus16.7%
25 Taiwan16.0%
26 Chile15.8%
26 Iran15.8%
28 France15.4%
29 Republic of Korea14.9%
30 Oman14.2%
31 Lithuania12.5%
32 Georgia12.0%
33 Morocco10.8%
34 Singapore10.6%
35 South Africa8.9%
36 Japan 8.6%
37 Russian Federation6.0%
38 Malaysia5.6%
39 Kazakhstan2.3%

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 = 5.151626 X +5.223
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = 249667.550318 X -7455.306
Correlation coefficient (r)0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 41.820654 X +70.619
Correlation coefficient (r)0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -1.647523 X +2.101
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -36.873330 X +15.416
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151