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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - My teacher tells me I am good at 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 Saudi Arabia69.1%
2 Kosovo67.0%
3 Oman66.0%
4 North Macedonia63.7%
5 Iran63.4%
6 Bahrain62.7%
7 Cyprus59.8%
8 Pakistan59.3%
9 Montenegro59.0%
10 Kuwait58.2%
11 Azerbaijan57.3%
12 Albania57.2%
13 Bulgaria53.1%
14 Qatar51.2%
15 Norway50.5%
16 United Arab Emirates50.2%
17 Morocco 49.8%
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina49.4%
19 Armenia49.0%
19 Georgia49.0%
21 South Africa46.2%
22 Malta45.5%
23 Turkiye43.8%
24 Sweden43.6%
25 United States42.8%
26 Austria42.5%
27 Denmark41.9%
28 Australia41.0%
28 Kazakhstan41.0%
30 Ireland40.6%
31 New Zealand40.1%
32 United Kingdom39.9%
33 Hungary39.6%
33 Italy39.6%
35 Philippines39.4%
36 Netherlands38.9%
37 Canada38.7%
38 Spain37.8%
39 Serbia36.4%
40 Belgium34.6%
41 Chile33.2%
42 Germany31.7%
43 Portugal31.4%
44 Finland31.3%
45 Croatia31.0%
46 Slovakia29.0%
47 France26.9%
48 Lithuania25.0%
49 Czech Republic22.2%
50 Poland21.8%
51 Russian Federation21.6%
52 Latvia20.7%
53 Singapore19.1%
54 Hong Kong, China15.5%
55 Taiwan13.7%
56 Japan9.8%
57 Republic of Korea9.0%

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 = -1.274825 X +6.759
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -40286.037361 X +48151.662
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -11.208873 X +82.835
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.585952 X +1.022
Correlation coefficient (r)0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -25.089182 X +21.905
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.578
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.334