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4 students who agree a lot that mathematics is harder for them than any other subject
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal25.8%
2 New Zealand21.6%
3 Spain21.0%
4 Chile20.4%
5 Turkiye17.8%
6 Belgium17.5%
7 United States16.6%
8 United Kingdom16.5%
9 Latvia16.0%
10 Hungary15.9%
11 Australia15.6%
12 Netherlands15.4%
13 Ireland15.1%
14 Germany14.4%
15 Canada14.3%
16 Austria14.2%
16 Poland14.2%
18 Italy13.4%
19 Czech Republic13.2%
20 Norway12.7%
21 Denmark12.6%
21 Japan 12.6%
23 Slovakia12.4%
24 Lithuania12.0%
25 France11.5%
26 Republic of Korea11.2%
27 Sweden7.5%
28 Finland7.3%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 10 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -5.309000 X +7.477
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -5.610047 X +7.504
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -5.694646 X +7.513
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -91905.283797 X +62522.529
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -1.414196 X +81.319
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.786777 X +1.253
Correlation coefficient (r)0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -36.550528 X +15.854
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151