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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like mathematics.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye75.4%
2 France61.2%
3 Portugal59.4%
4 Italy58.3%
5 Chile58.2%
6 Spain55.2%
7 Lithuania54.4%
8 United Kingdom54.3%
9 Austria50.5%
9 United States50.5%
11 New Zealand50.4%
12 Australia49.5%
13 Canada49.4%
14 Hungary47.8%
15 Slovakia47.6%
16 Ireland47.1%
17 Denmark45.1%
18 Poland44.1%
19 Germany43.9%
20 Latvia43.2%
21 Sweden43.0%
22 Belgium42.4%
23 Czech Republic42.1%
24 Norway41.1%
25 Netherlands39.7%
26 Finland37.9%
27 Japan 34.3%
28 Republic of Korea27.3%

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 = -2.651744 X +7.944
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -73143.707914 X +79513.993
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -8.590593 X +84.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.874121 X +1.109
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -26.353704 X +23.227
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.598
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.358