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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Calculating how many square metres of tiles you need to cover a floor
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan64.2%
2 Israel59.8%
3 Italy53.1%
4 Republic of Korea52.7%
5 Greece52.2%
6 Poland51.6%
7 Colombia48.2%
7 Costa Rica48.2%
9 Portugal47.6%
10 United States45.7%
11 Slovenia42.3%
12 Turkiye40.5%
13 Lithuania39.5%
14 Hungary39.1%
15 France38.6%
16 Mexico 38.5%
17 Norway36.7%
18 Belgium36.2%
19 United Kingdom35.8%
20 Iceland33.5%
21 Austria33.0%
21 New Zealand33.0%
23 Latvia32.7%
24 Chile32.5%
25 Netherlands32.0%
26 Australia31.7%
26 Switzerland31.7%
28 Canada30.8%
29 Sweden30.3%
30 Spain29.8%
31 Ireland28.8%
32 Finland28.5%
33 Estonia28.4%
34 Germany26.9%
35 Czech Republic25.6%
36 Slovakia22.2%
37 Denmark16.9%

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 = -2.194025 X +7.503
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -72943.485319 X +69948.067
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.171959 X +79.711
Correlation coefficient (r)0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.077810 X +1.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -2.624415 X +10.885
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004