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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is one of my favorite subjects.
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 Kosovo84.6%
2 Azerbaijan80.8%
3 Albania79.8%
4 Armenia76.6%
5 Oman72.2%
6 Morocco 71.7%
7 North Macedonia71.4%
8 Georgia69.3%
9 Saudi Arabia67.7%
10 Iran66.8%
11 Kazakhstan65.8%
12 Turkiye65.0%
13 South Africa63.8%
14 Montenegro63.4%
15 Pakistan62.4%
16 Bahrain62.3%
17 Cyprus61.8%
18 United Arab Emirates59.7%
19 Malta59.4%
20 Kuwait58.0%
21 France53.7%
22 Philippines53.5%
23 Qatar52.6%
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina52.5%
25 Italy51.2%
26 Bulgaria51.0%
27 United Kingdom48.5%
28 United States46.8%
29 Chile46.0%
30 Russian Federation45.6%
31 Portugal45.1%
32 Spain44.4%
33 Austria43.9%
34 Canada43.7%
35 Singapore43.3%
36 Australia42.8%
37 New Zealand42.6%
38 Ireland42.5%
39 Slovakia41.5%
40 Serbia40.7%
41 Germany40.4%
42 Czech Republic39.7%
43 Belgium39.1%
44 Lithuania37.8%
45 Hungary36.6%
46 Netherlands35.4%
47 Norway35.2%
48 Finland35.0%
49 Sweden34.7%
50 Latvia34.4%
51 Hong Kong, China33.2%
52 Poland31.7%
53 Denmark30.7%
54 Croatia29.5%
55 Japan27.4%
56 Republic of Korea23.7%
57 Taiwan19.8%

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 = -2.766520 X +7.616
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -80906.042288 X +72107.001
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -14.897306 X +85.707
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.652568 X +0.846
Correlation coefficient (r)0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -22.980518 X +23.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295