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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I learn things quickly in mathematics.
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 Egypt52.2%
2 Jordan45.1%
3 Lebanon41.1%
4 Israel38.4%
5 Saudi Arabia38.3%
6 Bahrain38.1%
7 Oman37.6%
8 Morocco36.3%
9 United Arab Emirates35.8%
10 Iran35.5%
11 Kuwait31.8%
12 Cyprus30.1%
13 Qatar29.7%
14 Turkiye29.2%
15 United States28.8%
16 South Africa27.3%
17 Georgia26.2%
18 Romania23.7%
19 Norway23.1%
20 Italy22.1%
21 Singapore22.0%
22 Hungary21.8%
23 Ireland21.0%
23 United Kingdom21.0%
25 Sweden20.8%
26 France20.7%
27 Australia20.4%
28 Chile19.4%
29 Finland19.2%
30 Portugal17.5%
31 New Zealand17.2%
32 Lithuania17.1%
33 Malaysia15.5%
34 Hong Kong, China15.2%
34 Kazakhstan 15.2%
36 Republic of Korea13.7%
37 Russian Federation12.9%
38 Taiwan11.5%
39 Japan8.4%

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 = -4.391791 X +7.209
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -61486.017694 X +50077.284
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -14.035549 X +82.202
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.644818 X +0.875
Correlation coefficient (r)0.639
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.408

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -45.491402 X +22.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433