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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:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt55.8%
2 Jordan49.6%
3 Saudi Arabia46.3%
4 Oman42.2%
5 Bahrain42.0%
6 Lebanon39.6%
7 Israel39.2%
8 Kuwait38.7%
9 United Arab Emirates35.5%
10 Iran33.4%
11 Qatar32.0%
12 Norway26.5%
13 Cyprus25.0%
13 Georgia25.0%
15 United States24.9%
16 Turkiye24.2%
17 Morocco 23.4%
18 Ireland19.1%
19 Sweden19.0%
20 United Kingdom18.6%
21 Hungary18.4%
22 Romania17.5%
23 South Africa17.4%
24 Italy17.3%
25 New Zealand16.3%
26 Australia14.9%
27 Kazakhstan13.9%
28 Finland13.4%
29 Lithuania13.3%
30 Portugal12.8%
31 Chile12.3%
32 Russian Federation11.8%
33 Singapore10.9%
34 Republic of Korea9.8%
35 Hong Kong, China9.0%
36 Taiwan8.3%
37 Malaysia7.3%
38 France6.9%
39 Japan3.8%

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 = -2.723393 X +6.705
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -35071.883914 X +42444.845
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -10.042646 X +80.892
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.717999 X +1.190
Correlation coefficient (r)0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -32.750301 X +18.434
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.624
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.389