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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Solving an equation like 3x+5=17
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel20.7%
1 Turkiye20.7%
3 Colombia20.6%
4 Costa Rica19.7%
5 Netherlands 19.5%
6 Mexico18.7%
7 Portugal17.8%
8 New Zealand16.8%
9 Slovenia16.6%
10 Japan16.5%
11 Poland15.8%
12 Austria15.2%
13 Estonia15.1%
14 United States14.9%
15 Belgium14.8%
15 Canada14.8%
17 Slovakia14.7%
17 Switzerland14.7%
19 Finland14.6%
20 Greece14.5%
21 Lithuania14.0%
22 Hungary13.8%
23 Australia13.6%
24 Italy13.5%
25 Republic of Korea13.2%
26 Germany12.7%
27 Czech Republic12.5%
28 France12.0%
28 United Kingdom12.0%
30 Sweden11.6%
31 Chile11.4%
31 Latvia11.4%
33 Norway11.0%
34 Denmark10.1%
34 Iceland10.1%
36 Ireland9.7%
37 Spain9.1%

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 = -4.987567 X +7.399
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -329235.598998 X +90279.715
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -38.456012 X +85.372
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 3.052865 X +1.148
Correlation coefficient (r)0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -35.462774 X +15.054
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073