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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Read some words
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea65.8%
2 Ireland64.2%
3 Bahrain60.5%
4 United Arab Emirates57.4%
5 Japan52.6%
6 Qatar51.5%
7 Latvia51.2%
8 Spain50.7%
9 Singapore50.3%
10 Oman48.7%
11 Albania48.3%
12 Poland46.3%
13 Kosovo46.2%
14 Croatia44.2%
15 Saudi Arabia42.5%
16 Hong Kong, China40.5%
17 Sweden39.8%
18 Kuwait38.5%
19 Canada38.4%
20 Finland38.1%
21 South Africa37.7%
22 Cyprus35.5%
22 Russian Federation35.5%
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina34.8%
24 Morocco 34.8%
26 Kazakhstan34.1%
27 Lithuania33.8%
28 Azerbaijan33.3%
28 Pakistan33.3%
30 Serbia32.2%
31 Philippines31.5%
32 France31.2%
33 Bulgaria30.6%
34 Georgia30.1%
35 Montenegro30.0%
36 Armenia29.6%
37 North Macedonia28.9%
38 Malta28.7%
39 Chile28.4%
40 Iran27.8%
41 Taiwan27.7%
42 Norway24.1%
43 New Zealand23.6%
44 Turkiye22.5%
45 Czech Republic20.6%
46 Austria18.3%
47 Italy17.6%
48 Portugal16.7%
49 Belgium14.3%
49 Germany14.3%
51 Slovakia14.0%
52 Hungary13.6%
53 Denmark11.5%

Note
The result of the survey on the parents of Grade 4 students. Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 185 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data51
Regression equation
Y = -0.323296 X +6.283
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = 17068.997611 X +23436.438
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 1.717398 X +77.356
Correlation coefficient (r)0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.187396 X +1.758
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 2.274764 X +10.582
Correlation coefficient (r)0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002