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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Representing a situation mathematically using variables, symbols, or diagrams
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea45.6%
2 Italy42.2%
3 Hungary41.4%
4 Israel40.5%
5 Poland39.7%
6 Czech Republic38.3%
6 Greece38.3%
8 Iceland38.0%
9 Slovenia36.5%
10 Estonia35.9%
11 Lithuania33.4%
12 Slovakia33.0%
13 Finland32.7%
14 Turkiye30.7%
15 Latvia30.5%
16 Costa Rica30.3%
17 Spain29.1%
18 Belgium27.3%
19 Japan26.7%
20 France26.5%
21 Netherlands26.2%
22 Mexico25.8%
23 Norway25.4%
24 Switzerland24.4%
25 Colombia23.9%
26 Chile22.7%
27 Portugal22.2%
28 United Kingdom21.0%
29 Austria20.6%
30 Germany 19.8%
31 United States19.3%
32 New Zealand19.0%
33 Sweden18.3%
34 Canada17.5%
35 Australia16.9%
35 Ireland16.9%
37 Denmark15.9%

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 = -1.784344 X +7.181
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -129479.428568 X +79199.635
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -8.191103 X +82.105
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.187093 X +1.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 6.442417 X +8.061
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017