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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I usually do well 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 Egypt66.1%
2 Jordan58.9%
3 Oman50.2%
4 Saudi Arabia50.0%
5 Bahrain44.5%
6 Lebanon44.2%
7 Israel43.5%
8 Morocco43.1%
9 United States42.8%
10 United Arab Emirates42.4%
11 Kuwait41.4%
12 Qatar37.8%
13 Norway36.1%
14 Cyprus35.7%
15 Iran35.4%
16 Romania32.5%
17 Georgia30.3%
18 Hungary29.4%
19 Ireland29.0%
20 United Kingdom28.3%
21 Australia27.8%
22 Portugal26.1%
23 South Africa25.7%
24 Turkiye25.6%
25 Sweden25.0%
26 Italy24.8%
27 Singapore24.7%
28 Finland24.6%
29 New Zealand23.7%
30 Lithuania23.4%
31 France23.2%
32 Russian Federation23.0%
33 Kazakhstan 22.0%
34 Chile20.3%
35 Hong Kong, China18.6%
36 Taiwan16.0%
37 Republic of Korea14.8%
38 Malaysia8.8%
39 Japan6.7%

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 = -2.332334 X +6.818
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -25648.794948 X +42526.686
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -10.454556 X +81.877
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.659850 X +0.977
Correlation coefficient (r)0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -30.140362 X +20.371
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309