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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Interpreting mathematical solutions in the context of a real-life challenge
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel61.1%
2 Poland59.9%
3 Republic of Korea56.6%
4 Czech Republic56.0%
5 Hungary53.7%
6 Japan53.5%
7 Greece53.2%
8 Italy53.0%
9 Lithuania51.9%
10 Estonia46.6%
11 Netherlands45.3%
12 Slovenia44.4%
13 Belgium42.7%
14 Turkiye42.4%
15 Spain41.5%
16 Slovakia41.0%
17 Latvia40.6%
18 Switzerland40.5%
19 United States39.8%
20 Iceland38.7%
21 Germany37.8%
22 Portugal37.1%
23 Costa Rica36.2%
24 Finland36.0%
25 France35.9%
26 United Kingdom35.0%
27 New Zealand34.1%
28 Austria 34.0%
29 Mexico33.1%
30 Ireland32.7%
31 Colombia31.9%
32 Canada31.7%
33 Australia31.6%
34 Norway30.0%
35 Chile25.6%
36 Sweden25.0%
37 Denmark21.5%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of Ukraine are collected from 18 out of 27 regions.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2022

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -1.800823 X +7.409
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -83266.860546 X +76389.375
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -3.821965 X +81.337
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.081665 X +1.626
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 6.276953 X +7.329
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023