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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I enjoy learning 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 Egypt62.2%
2 Turkiye53.3%
3 South Africa52.5%
4 Jordan51.9%
5 Iran51.2%
6 Morocco 48.5%
7 Oman48.4%
8 Lebanon46.6%
9 United Arab Emirates39.1%
10 Saudi Arabia37.9%
11 Singapore37.4%
12 Georgia36.1%
13 Kuwait34.2%
14 Israel34.1%
15 Bahrain33.6%
16 Malaysia32.3%
17 Romania30.8%
18 Portugal29.8%
19 Qatar29.5%
20 United States29.2%
21 Cyprus28.3%
22 Kazakhstan26.7%
23 Russian Federation26.2%
24 Chile25.2%
25 Ireland24.9%
26 Norway24.6%
27 New Zealand24.3%
28 Lithuania24.0%
29 Australia23.5%
30 Hong Kong, China23.3%
31 Italy22.6%
32 Sweden22.4%
33 United Kingdom22.2%
34 France21.4%
35 Hungary18.1%
36 Japan17.5%
37 Taiwan17.0%
38 Finland16.0%
39 Republic of Korea13.8%

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 = -5.895942 X +7.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.688
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.473

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -99114.315512 X +65689.972
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -20.060173 X +85.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.215158 X +0.789
Correlation coefficient (r)0.675
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.456

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -29.961288 X +20.382
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274