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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I am good at working out difficult mathematics problems.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt39.8%
2 Jordan33.3%
3 Lebanon31.0%
4 Israel30.6%
5 Oman25.9%
6 United Arab Emirates25.5%
7 Bahrain25.4%
8 Saudi Arabia24.9%
9 Iran22.6%
10 United States22.1%
11 Qatar21.8%
12 Kuwait21.0%
13 South Africa20.0%
14 Cyprus18.4%
15 United Kingdom16.9%
16 Morocco16.5%
17 Norway15.6%
18 Georgia15.4%
19 Turkiye14.9%
20 Ireland14.7%
21 Australia14.2%
22 Singapore13.1%
23 Sweden12.9%
24 Romania12.2%
25 Italy12.1%
25 New Zealand12.1%
27 Chile12.0%
28 Hong Kong, China11.8%
29 Portugal11.1%
30 Hungary10.9%
31 France10.8%
32 Kazakhstan 10.6%
33 Finland9.9%
34 Lithuania9.1%
35 Republic of Korea9.0%
36 Taiwan7.8%
37 Russian Federation7.4%
38 Japan6.4%
39 Malaysia5.6%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -4.951129 X +6.914
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -36952.662430 X +40618.144
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -14.066559 X +80.944
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 4.429899 X +1.070
Correlation coefficient (r)0.623
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.388

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -49.714712 X +19.204
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.582
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.339