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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write his/her name
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bahrain86.3%
2 Oman85.4%
3 Croatia84.1%
4 Kosovo83.6%
5 Albania83.5%
6 Austria81.4%
7 United Arab Emirates80.5%
8 Republic of Korea78.3%
9 Ireland77.5%
10 Qatar77.4%
11 Spain77.3%
12 Kuwait76.6%
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina76.0%
13 Saudi Arabia76.0%
15 Germany75.9%
16 Poland75.6%
17 France75.5%
18 Finland74.9%
19 South Africa74.8%
20 Singapore73.9%
21 North Macedonia73.6%
22 Latvia73.1%
23 Philippines72.4%
24 Serbia72.2%
25 Sweden71.2%
26 Cyprus70.7%
27 Montenegro69.7%
28 Norway69.6%
29 Italy65.3%
29 Japan65.3%
31 Canada64.8%
32 Denmark64.5%
33 Slovakia62.7%
34 Lithuania62.4%
35 Czech Republic62.1%
36 Iran59.1%
37 Portugal57.7%
38 Bulgaria57.0%
39 Kazakhstan55.5%
40 New Zealand55.3%
41 Azerbaijan55.1%
42 Georgia54.7%
43 Belgium53.4%
44 Morocco 53.3%
45 Chile53.2%
46 Hong Kong, China52.5%
47 Armenia51.7%
48 Malta51.3%
49 Pakistan48.9%
50 Taiwan46.1%
51 Russian Federation42.5%
52 Hungary42.3%
53 Turkiye40.0%

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 = 2.260066 X +4.682
Correlation coefficient (r)0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = 39998.603751 X +2821.740
Correlation coefficient (r)0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 5.068491 X +74.570
Correlation coefficient (r)0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.455569 X +1.997
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = -0.769982 X +11.889
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000