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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your mathematics lessons? - My teacher is easy to understand.
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 Turkiye67.3%
2 United States50.5%
3 Israel49.2%
4 United Kingdom44.1%
5 Ireland43.4%
6 Portugal41.1%
7 Australia39.1%
8 Norway38.6%
9 Finland37.7%
10 New Zealand36.8%
11 Lithuania36.1%
12 Italy31.9%
13 France30.3%
14 Hungary30.2%
15 Chile29.2%
16 Sweden 29.0%
17 Japan23.4%
18 Republic of Korea19.0%

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 = -0.838091 X +6.947
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 33372.997804 X +34179.843
Correlation coefficient (r)0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -11.365036 X +85.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.131862 X +0.803
Correlation coefficient (r)0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -23.549152 X +19.389
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287