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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I look forward to mathematics lessons.
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 Kosovo84.3%
2 Albania82.5%
3 Morocco 78.6%
4 Azerbaijan72.8%
5 Armenia70.4%
6 Saudi Arabia69.1%
7 Georgia68.1%
8 North Macedonia67.9%
9 Montenegro67.6%
10 Oman63.4%
11 South Africa60.2%
12 Bahrain59.7%
13 Kazakhstan59.1%
14 United Arab Emirates58.4%
15 Kuwait58.3%
15 Pakistan58.3%
17 Iran56.6%
18 Turkiye53.9%
19 Malta53.4%
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina52.2%
21 Qatar51.2%
22 Cyprus49.1%
23 Portugal43.8%
24 France42.1%
25 Chile41.2%
25 Philippines41.2%
27 United Kingdom41.1%
28 United States38.8%
29 Italy38.4%
30 Bulgaria38.2%
31 Australia37.2%
32 Slovakia36.7%
33 New Zealand36.2%
34 Austria36.0%
35 Canada35.8%
36 Singapore34.4%
37 Serbia34.3%
38 Hungary34.2%
39 Germany31.8%
40 Russian Federation31.5%
41 Czech Republic31.1%
42 Ireland30.7%
43 Spain30.2%
44 Sweden29.3%
45 Belgium29.1%
46 Hong Kong, China27.5%
47 Lithuania25.9%
48 Croatia25.7%
49 Denmark25.3%
50 Norway24.4%
51 Netherlands22.7%
52 Latvia22.3%
53 Japan21.8%
54 Finland18.7%
55 Poland16.9%
56 Taiwan16.8%
57 Republic of Korea13.9%

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 = -2.364254 X +7.258
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -70043.747209 X +62009.352
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -12.042909 X +83.453
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.355560 X +1.088
Correlation coefficient (r)0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -17.792518 X +19.175
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251