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Question: Could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write numbers
Choices: "Not at all" "Up to 10" "Up to 20" "Up to 100 or higher"
Data: % of "Up to 100 or higher"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan67.9%
2 Republic of Korea63.4%
3 Hong Kong, China61.7%
4 Singapore51.0%
5 United Arab Emirates50.7%
6 Bahrain46.8%
7 Ireland45.7%
8 Philippines39.9%
9 Albania38.6%
10 Kazakhstan37.3%
11 Oman37.0%
12 Japan36.9%
13 Qatar36.8%
14 Latvia34.6%
15 Kosovo34.0%
16 Azerbaijan33.0%
16 North Macedonia33.0%
18 Spain32.7%
19 Poland32.2%
20 Sweden32.1%
21 Finland29.3%
21 Saudi Arabia29.3%
23 Croatia28.7%
24 Lithuania28.5%
25 Kuwait27.8%
26 South Africa27.0%
27 Canada26.7%
27 Russian Federation26.7%
29 Serbia25.1%
30 Turkiye24.4%
31 Morocco23.8%
32 Armenia22.6%
33 Bulgaria21.6%
34 Cyprus21.0%
35 Pakistan 20.0%
36 Iran19.1%
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina18.9%
38 Montenegro17.9%
39 Chile17.3%
40 Portugal15.6%
41 Italy15.4%
42 France15.2%
43 Malta14.1%
44 Norway13.2%
45 Austria12.6%
46 Hungary12.4%
47 Georgia12.3%
48 Czech Republic12.2%
49 Denmark11.0%
50 Germany10.2%
51 Slovakia9.3%
52 New Zealand8.8%
53 Belgium7.6%

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 = -0.498365 X +6.308
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = 14400.767885 X +25418.153
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 2.283803 X +77.343
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.393947 X +1.798
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 2.586838 X +10.698
Correlation coefficient (r)0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003