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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write his/her name
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria81.4%
2 Republic of Korea78.3%
3 Ireland77.5%
4 Spain77.3%
5 Germany75.9%
6 Poland75.6%
7 France75.5%
8 Finland74.9%
9 Latvia73.1%
10 Sweden71.2%
11 Norway69.6%
12 Italy65.3%
12 Japan65.3%
14 Canada64.8%
15 Denmark64.5%
16 Slovakia62.7%
17 Lithuania62.4%
18 Czech Republic62.1%
19 Portugal57.7%
20 New Zealand55.3%
21 Belgium53.4%
22 Chile 53.2%
23 Hungary42.3%
24 Turkiye40.0%

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 14 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.297903 X +5.100
Correlation coefficient (r)0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 87956.427866 X -16525.161
Correlation coefficient (r)0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 11.718883 X +72.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.757473 X +2.013
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 9.154318 X +4.468
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056