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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - Mathematics is harder for me than any other subject.
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 Turkiye33.1%
2 Kuwait32.5%
3 South Africa29.8%
4 Taiwan29.5%
5 Romania28.2%
6 Portugal27.2%
7 Jordan26.9%
8 Saudi Arabia26.3%
9 Qatar26.0%
10 Malaysia25.9%
11 Iran25.6%
12 Egypt23.8%
13 Italy23.3%
14 Japan 22.9%
15 Bahrain21.9%
16 Cyprus20.7%
17 Georgia20.5%
18 Hong Kong, China20.4%
18 Lebanon20.4%
18 United States20.4%
21 Morocco20.3%
21 Oman20.3%
23 Norway20.1%
24 United Arab Emirates19.8%
25 Hungary19.5%
26 Chile19.2%
26 Israel19.2%
28 Lithuania18.2%
29 New Zealand18.1%
30 Australia18.0%
31 Singapore17.7%
32 Ireland17.6%
33 France17.4%
34 Sweden16.6%
35 Republic of Korea16.3%
36 United Kingdom14.8%
37 Russian Federation14.3%
38 Finland10.6%
39 Kazakhstan9.4%

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 = -5.891969 X +7.351
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -135322.499045 X +64342.191
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -23.991999 X +82.890
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.427409 X +1.515
Correlation coefficient (r)0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -49.350226 X +19.537
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212