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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your mathematics lessons? - My teacher is easy to understand.
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 Turkiye67.3%
2 Lebanon59.3%
3 Jordan59.1%
4 Egypt57.9%
5 Georgia57.1%
6 Iran53.8%
7 Saudi Arabia53.5%
8 Romania52.5%
9 United Arab Emirates51.8%
10 United States50.5%
11 South Africa49.3%
12 Israel49.2%
13 Bahrain47.7%
14 Kuwait46.9%
15 Oman44.6%
16 United Kingdom44.1%
17 Morocco43.5%
18 Ireland43.4%
19 Portugal41.1%
19 Qatar41.1%
21 Malaysia40.5%
22 Singapore39.8%
23 Australia39.1%
24 Norway38.6%
25 Finland37.7%
26 New Zealand36.8%
27 Lithuania36.1%
28 Cyprus35.9%
29 Kazakhstan32.6%
30 Italy31.9%
31 Taiwan31.6%
32 France30.3%
32 Russian Federation30.3%
34 Hungary30.2%
35 Chile29.2%
36 Sweden29.0%
37 Hong Kong, China27.1%
38 Japan 23.4%
39 Republic of Korea19.0%

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 = -4.035627 X +7.786
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -58077.915236 X +59764.390
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -21.408119 X +86.839
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.714661 X +0.673
Correlation coefficient (r)0.526
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.277

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -28.225831 X +21.104
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293