Tweet
Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I learn things quickly in mathematics.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel38.4%
2 Turkiye29.2%
3 United States28.8%
4 Norway23.1%
5 Italy22.1%
6 Hungary21.8%
7 Ireland21.0%
7 United Kingdom21.0%
9 Sweden20.8%
10 France20.7%
11 Australia20.4%
12 Chile19.4%
13 Finland19.2%
14 Portugal17.5%
15 New Zealand17.2%
16 Lithuania17.1%
17 Republic of Korea13.7%
18 Japan 8.4%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 20 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.343967 X +6.348
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 88006.870733 X +28160.495
Correlation coefficient (r)0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -12.912387 X +83.458
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 5.462591 X +0.452
Correlation coefficient (r)0.818
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.669

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -37.701245 X +18.488
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243