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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I look forward to mathematics lessons.
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 Egypt51.1%
2 South Africa44.6%
3 Jordan39.7%
4 Morocco 38.7%
5 Lebanon30.2%
5 Oman30.2%
7 United Arab Emirates29.8%
8 Saudi Arabia24.7%
9 Bahrain23.7%
10 Kuwait23.0%
11 Iran22.5%
12 Turkiye21.5%
13 United States20.2%
14 Qatar19.8%
15 Singapore19.0%
16 Georgia17.0%
17 Israel15.5%
18 Kazakhstan15.1%
19 Hong Kong, China14.5%
20 Malaysia14.4%
21 Portugal13.6%
22 Cyprus12.7%
23 Australia12.6%
23 New Zealand12.6%
25 Ireland12.3%
26 Romania12.2%
27 United Kingdom12.1%
28 Taiwan10.4%
29 Chile9.6%
30 Sweden9.3%
31 Italy8.6%
32 Russian Federation8.4%
33 Norway8.1%
34 Japan7.8%
35 Hungary6.9%
36 France6.1%
37 Finland5.3%
38 Republic of Korea5.0%
39 Lithuania4.5%

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 = -5.518461 X +7.060
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.609
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.371

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -88366.652832 X +49967.191
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.404
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.163

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -21.248383 X +82.366
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.264601 X +1.238
Correlation coefficient (r)0.652
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.425

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -25.889431 X +15.339
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187