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Question: How confident do you feel about having to do the following mathematics tasks? - Solving an equation like 3x+5=17
Choices: "Not at all confident" "Not very confident" "Confident" "Very confident"
Data: % of "Confident" "Very confident"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain86.9%
2 United States86.5%
3 Japan85.9%
3 Switzerland85.9%
5 Israel85.4%
6 Austria85.0%
7 Canada84.3%
8 Hungary83.2%
9 Czech Republic82.8%
9 Italy82.8%
11 United Kingdom 82.3%
12 Sweden81.4%
13 Germany81.3%
14 Belgium80.9%
15 Iceland80.3%
16 Australia80.1%
16 France80.1%
18 Denmark79.5%
19 Estonia78.6%
20 Ireland78.1%
21 Finland77.8%
21 Netherlands77.8%
23 Lithuania77.3%
24 Republic of Korea77.2%
25 Slovenia77.0%
26 New Zealand76.6%
27 Greece76.5%
28 Colombia76.3%
29 Portugal75.5%
30 Slovakia75.1%
31 Norway74.3%
32 Poland71.7%
33 Turkiye71.5%
34 Chile70.4%
35 Latvia70.2%
36 Costa Rica66.6%
37 Mexico63.3%

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 = 2.213682 X +4.934
Correlation coefficient (r)0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 201044.754128 X -115551.885
Correlation coefficient (r)0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 37.657390 X +50.195
Correlation coefficient (r)0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.244526 X +1.401
Correlation coefficient (r)0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 8.172558 X +3.474
Correlation coefficient (r)0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012