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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write words other than his/her name
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea62.3%
2 Albania57.6%
2 Bahrain57.6%
4 Ireland57.5%
5 Kosovo56.5%
6 United Arab Emirates54.6%
7 Oman50.7%
8 Singapore50.1%
9 Spain49.0%
10 Qatar47.8%
11 Poland45.2%
12 Philippines43.2%
13 Saudi Arabia41.8%
14 Kuwait41.4%
15 Japan40.9%
15 North Macedonia40.9%
17 Latvia40.8%
18 Croatia40.0%
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina39.9%
20 South Africa39.0%
21 Hong Kong, China36.1%
22 Serbia35.6%
23 Azerbaijan34.8%
24 Kazakhstan34.6%
25 Montenegro33.8%
26 Cyprus33.7%
27 Sweden33.2%
28 France32.0%
29 Canada31.0%
30 Finland30.4%
31 Bulgaria30.1%
32 Morocco29.5%
33 Pakistan 27.3%
34 Armenia26.9%
35 Chile26.2%
36 Russian Federation24.9%
37 Taiwan24.7%
37 Turkiye24.7%
39 Iran24.5%
40 Malta23.8%
41 Portugal23.3%
42 Austria22.6%
43 Georgia21.5%
44 Denmark21.2%
44 Norway21.2%
46 Italy21.0%
47 Lithuania20.8%
48 Germany19.4%
49 Czech Republic19.0%
50 Slovakia16.8%
51 New Zealand16.7%
52 Belgium13.2%
53 Hungary11.3%

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 = -0.544551 X +6.353
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = 243.577772 X +29331.930
Correlation coefficient (r)0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.550791 X +78.148
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.042981 X +1.707
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = -5.295288 X +13.159
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011