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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Some people are just not good at mathematics, no matter how hard they study.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland82.0%
2 Japan81.4%
3 Czech Republic80.1%
4 Slovenia79.8%
5 Hungary77.1%
6 Slovakia76.6%
7 Belgium76.5%
8 Netherlands76.4%
9 Lithuania74.4%
10 Latvia73.1%
11 France72.9%
12 Spain70.8%
13 Portugal70.6%
14 Greece69.2%
15 Republic of Korea69.0%
16 Estonia66.1%
16 Switzerland66.1%
18 Finland64.7%
19 Germany64.4%
20 Austria63.6%
21 Ireland63.4%
22 Canada63.3%
23 Italy60.7%
24 Mexico60.0%
25 Turkiye59.0%
26 Colombia58.1%
26 Norway58.1%
26 United Kingdom58.1%
29 Costa Rica 57.2%
30 Iceland56.9%
31 United States56.1%
32 Chile53.4%
33 Australia51.6%
34 Denmark49.3%
35 New Zealand49.0%
36 Sweden48.1%

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 2 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2022

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -1.665764 X +7.745
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -84121.107886 X +97117.406
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -5.899750 X +83.563
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.589703 X +1.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 10.941190 X +2.861
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068