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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your mathematics lessons? - My teacher is good at explaining mathematics.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
57 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Albania98.6%
2 Kosovo98.0%
3 North Macedonia96.4%
4 Azerbaijan93.5%
5 Montenegro93.0%
6 Georgia92.1%
7 Bulgaria91.4%
8 Portugal90.0%
9 Morocco89.8%
10 Iran89.4%
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina88.9%
12 Armenia88.4%
13 Turkiye86.9%
14 Oman86.7%
15 Spain86.0%
16 Kazakhstan 85.7%
17 Italy85.1%
18 Saudi Arabia85.0%
19 Malta84.9%
20 Cyprus84.1%
21 Austria83.1%
22 Bahrain82.6%
23 Lithuania81.9%
24 United Arab Emirates81.3%
25 Serbia81.2%
26 Russian Federation80.3%
27 Slovakia79.3%
28 Ireland79.2%
29 United States79.0%
30 Hungary78.8%
31 Kuwait78.6%
32 Netherlands78.2%
33 Belgium77.2%
34 Canada77.0%
35 South Africa76.6%
36 Pakistan76.5%
37 United Kingdom76.1%
38 Qatar75.9%
39 Germany75.8%
40 Norway74.8%
41 Australia74.6%
41 Czech Republic74.6%
43 Latvia72.7%
44 New Zealand72.5%
45 Chile72.0%
46 Croatia70.3%
47 Singapore69.6%
47 Sweden69.6%
49 Finland65.9%
50 France64.9%
51 Philippines64.1%
52 Denmark63.0%
53 Poland61.9%
54 Hong Kong, China60.3%
55 Taiwan59.5%
56 Republic of Korea56.8%
57 Japan50.2%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 181 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data55
Regression equation
Y = -2.838885 X +8.474
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -98302.966600 X +108962.186
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.441
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -16.704624 X +91.371
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.033717 X +0.866
Correlation coefficient (r)0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -21.251674 X +28.238
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120