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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Working out from a train timetable how long it would take to get from one place to another
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy62.3%
2 Greece60.9%
3 Portugal60.3%
4 Israel57.7%
5 Belgium57.3%
6 United States57.1%
7 Iceland57.0%
8 Poland55.4%
9 Germany54.8%
10 Republic of Korea53.1%
11 Lithuania50.6%
12 Hungary 50.4%
13 Japan50.1%
14 Estonia48.2%
15 New Zealand47.1%
16 Netherlands46.7%
17 Austria44.9%
18 Slovenia44.7%
19 Colombia44.4%
20 France43.4%
21 Norway43.0%
22 Finland42.8%
22 Switzerland42.8%
24 Australia42.5%
25 Costa Rica42.4%
26 Latvia42.0%
27 Mexico41.9%
28 Ireland40.8%
29 Canada40.7%
30 Czech Republic39.9%
31 Chile38.7%
32 Spain37.5%
32 Turkiye37.5%
34 Slovakia37.4%
35 United Kingdom35.7%
36 Sweden35.4%
37 Denmark22.5%

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 = -1.169775 X +7.214
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -23214.386426 X +53099.670
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 3.086801 X +78.349
Correlation coefficient (r)0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.260415 X +1.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 5.118289 X +7.528
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011