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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is boring.
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 Norway28.4%
2 Qatar26.9%
3 Kuwait26.3%
4 Sweden24.7%
5 Ireland22.7%
6 Bahrain22.6%
7 Australia22.2%
8 United States22.0%
9 Hungary21.8%
10 Finland21.4%
11 United Kingdom20.8%
12 Hong Kong, China20.0%
13 Israel19.9%
14 Portugal19.8%
15 Romania19.7%
16 Egypt19.3%
17 Italy19.1%
17 New Zealand19.1%
19 Jordan17.9%
20 Lebanon17.7%
21 United Arab Emirates17.4%
22 Turkiye17.3%
23 Saudi Arabia17.1%
24 Cyprus16.7%
25 Taiwan16.0%
26 Chile15.8%
26 Iran15.8%
28 France15.4%
29 Republic of Korea14.9%
30 Oman14.2%
31 Lithuania12.5%
32 Georgia12.0%
33 Morocco 10.8%
34 Singapore10.6%
35 South Africa8.9%
36 Japan8.6%
37 Russian Federation6.0%
38 Malaysia5.6%
39 Kazakhstan2.3%

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 = 6.183930 X +5.049
Correlation coefficient (r)0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 225088.373710 X -4102.833
Correlation coefficient (r)0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 31.149018 X +73.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -1.894908 X +2.151
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -36.342244 X +16.891
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102