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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like 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 Egypt60.0%
2 Jordan49.9%
3 South Africa49.3%
4 Morocco 48.9%
5 Turkiye48.7%
6 Oman46.5%
7 Lebanon45.7%
8 Iran45.3%
9 United Arab Emirates38.6%
10 Georgia35.8%
11 Saudi Arabia35.6%
12 Bahrain34.8%
12 Kazakhstan34.8%
14 Cyprus33.3%
15 Singapore32.8%
16 Israel32.3%
17 Kuwait30.9%
17 Malaysia30.9%
19 Romania29.6%
20 Portugal29.5%
21 Russian Federation29.1%
22 Italy28.4%
22 Qatar28.4%
24 United States28.1%
25 Ireland25.5%
26 Chile25.1%
27 Lithuania22.7%
28 New Zealand22.5%
29 Australia22.2%
30 United Kingdom21.8%
31 Norway21.0%
32 Hong Kong, China20.8%
33 France19.5%
33 Hungary19.5%
33 Sweden19.5%
36 Finland16.6%
37 Taiwan16.1%
38 Japan15.5%
39 Republic of Korea12.4%

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 = -6.306762 X +8.032
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.696
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.484

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -118966.737337 X +70932.248
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.546
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.298

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -23.625374 X +85.957
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.609842 X +0.692
Correlation coefficient (r)0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -31.729059 X +20.704
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270