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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Read sentences
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea58.1%
2 Ireland52.6%
3 Bahrain43.0%
4 Singapore40.2%
5 Japan39.7%
6 United Arab Emirates38.8%
7 Spain38.3%
8 Kosovo35.7%
9 Latvia34.5%
10 Qatar34.1%
11 Albania32.8%
12 Oman32.2%
13 Hong Kong, China30.5%
14 South Africa29.6%
15 Saudi Arabia27.1%
16 Kazakhstan26.4%
16 Pakistan26.4%
18 Finland25.0%
19 Azerbaijan24.2%
19 Poland24.2%
21 Morocco 23.9%
22 Philippines23.8%
22 Russian Federation23.8%
24 Kuwait23.6%
25 Canada23.2%
26 Croatia23.1%
27 Lithuania22.4%
28 Taiwan21.7%
29 Chile21.3%
30 Sweden20.7%
31 Cyprus20.1%
32 Turkiye19.7%
33 Iran18.5%
34 North Macedonia18.4%
35 Armenia18.3%
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina17.9%
37 Georgia17.2%
38 Bulgaria16.8%
39 Serbia15.8%
40 Montenegro15.4%
41 Malta13.9%
42 France12.7%
43 Czech Republic11.5%
44 New Zealand10.3%
45 Norway9.3%
46 Italy8.9%
47 Austria8.8%
48 Portugal8.3%
49 Belgium7.4%
50 Slovakia7.3%
51 Hungary6.9%
52 Germany5.9%
53 Denmark3.8%

Note
The result of the survey on the parents of Grade 4 students. Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 185 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data51
Regression equation
Y = -0.892541 X +6.372
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = 13938.893748 X +26221.978
Correlation coefficient (r)0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 0.207978 X +77.912
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 0.020388 X +1.687
Correlation coefficient (r)0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 4.180050 X +10.433
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006