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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 6x2 +5 = 29
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye21.4%
2 New Zealand20.3%
3 Colombia20.2%
4 Japan20.0%
5 Costa Rica18.9%
6 Slovenia18.8%
7 Mexico18.7%
8 Netherlands18.6%
9 Slovakia18.5%
10 Portugal17.5%
11 United States 16.4%
12 Israel16.0%
13 Canada15.9%
13 Switzerland15.9%
15 Italy15.8%
16 Australia15.6%
17 Estonia15.4%
18 Austria15.3%
19 Belgium15.1%
19 Sweden15.1%
21 Poland15.0%
22 Czech Republic14.9%
23 Finland14.8%
24 United Kingdom14.5%
25 Hungary14.3%
26 Republic of Korea13.7%
27 Germany13.4%
28 France13.3%
29 Denmark13.1%
29 Greece13.1%
31 Lithuania13.0%
32 Latvia12.6%
33 Norway12.4%
34 Chile11.3%
35 Ireland11.1%
36 Iceland10.6%
37 Spain8.8%

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 = -5.409114 X +7.506
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -286595.543825 X +86468.471
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -32.478577 X +84.773
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 1.775794 X +1.319
Correlation coefficient (r)0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -27.085797 X +14.061
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037