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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I learn many interesting things in 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 Egypt66.5%
2 Jordan56.9%
3 Morocco 55.8%
4 Iran54.4%
5 South Africa53.4%
6 Lebanon51.4%
7 Georgia50.3%
7 Oman50.3%
9 Turkiye49.3%
10 Kazakhstan45.4%
11 Saudi Arabia43.5%
12 United Arab Emirates41.6%
13 Romania40.6%
14 Malaysia39.1%
15 Kuwait36.7%
16 Bahrain35.5%
17 Israel31.0%
18 Singapore30.8%
19 Cyprus30.6%
20 Qatar30.4%
21 Russian Federation29.5%
22 United States28.9%
23 Italy28.2%
24 Chile27.6%
25 Portugal27.3%
26 Lithuania26.0%
27 New Zealand25.5%
28 Ireland22.8%
29 Australia22.4%
30 France20.7%
31 United Kingdom20.3%
32 Hungary19.6%
33 Norway19.5%
34 Hong Kong, China19.2%
35 Taiwan17.3%
36 Sweden17.1%
37 Finland16.9%
38 Republic of Korea13.3%
39 Japan11.7%

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 = -5.117252 X +7.797
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.705
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.497

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -112131.142976 X +71606.553
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.638
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.407

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -21.760090 X +85.934
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.681
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.464

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.028973 X +0.796
Correlation coefficient (r)0.747
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.558

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -23.753573 X +18.821
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234