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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Read a story
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea54.7%
2 Ireland41.2%
3 Singapore32.5%
4 Japan 31.5%
5 United Arab Emirates29.5%
6 South Africa27.8%
7 Bahrain27.7%
8 Spain25.7%
9 Pakistan25.5%
10 Philippines22.9%
10 Qatar22.9%
12 Taiwan21.7%
13 Hong Kong, China19.8%
13 Oman19.8%
15 Latvia19.2%
16 Canada18.2%
17 Lithuania17.9%
18 Kazakhstan17.5%
19 Saudi Arabia17.1%
20 Croatia16.8%
21 Kosovo16.4%
21 Kuwait16.4%
23 Albania16.2%
24 Turkiye16.1%
25 Azerbaijan15.8%
26 Finland14.8%
27 Morocco13.6%
27 Poland13.6%
29 Russian Federation13.5%
30 Chile12.6%
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina12.4%
31 Iran12.4%
33 Armenia11.8%
34 Sweden11.7%
35 Bulgaria11.3%
35 Cyprus11.3%
37 North Macedonia11.0%
38 Montenegro10.4%
39 Serbia9.7%
40 Malta9.1%
41 Georgia8.7%
42 New Zealand8.0%
43 France7.4%
44 Czech Republic7.3%
45 Belgium5.6%
46 Austria5.4%
47 Italy5.0%
48 Portugal4.9%
49 Slovakia4.6%
50 Hungary3.8%
51 Germany3.4%
52 Norway3.1%
53 Denmark2.0%

Note
The result of the survey on the parents of Grade 4 students. Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 185 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data51
Regression equation
Y = -0.956009 X +6.339
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = 29463.326107 X +25988.618
Correlation coefficient (r)0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 1.074659 X +77.068
Correlation coefficient (r)0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 0.007828 X +1.687
Correlation coefficient (r)0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 11.101997 X +7.515
Correlation coefficient (r)0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049