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Question: In mathematics lessons, how often do you work problems on your own?
Choices: "Every or almost every lesson" "About half the lessons" "Some lessons" "Never"
Data: % of "Every or almost every lesson"
Period:
Area:
57 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland74.0%
2 Lithuania67.2%
3 Japan66.9%
3 North Macedonia66.9%
5 Norway66.1%
6 Germany66.0%
7 Albania65.8%
8 Bulgaria65.7%
9 Kazakhstan65.2%
10 Republic of Korea63.7%
11 Ireland63.6%
12 Slovakia61.9%
13 Latvia61.8%
14 Netherlands59.5%
14 Russian Federation59.5%
16 Australia59.4%
17 United Kingdom59.1%
18 Singapore58.5%
19 Belgium58.4%
19 Italy58.4%
21 Taiwan58.1%
22 Turkiye58.0%
23 United States57.9%
24 Poland57.1%
25 Hungary57.0%
26 Chile56.3%
27 Croatia56.2%
28 Portugal56.1%
29 Spain55.4%
30 Armenia55.3%
31 Oman54.7%
32 Saudi Arabia53.8%
33 Cyprus53.0%
33 Kosovo53.0%
35 Austria52.6%
36 Bahrain52.3%
37 Montenegro52.0%
38 Azerbaijan51.3%
38 Qatar51.3%
40 Canada50.6%
41 United Arab Emirates50.0%
42 Malta49.3%
43 Serbia48.9%
44 Sweden48.8%
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina48.7%
46 Morocco47.5%
47 Kuwait46.9%
48 Czech Republic44.6%
49 Pakistan 44.2%
49 Philippines44.2%
51 South Africa42.7%
52 New Zealand42.4%
53 Denmark41.4%
54 Georgia39.1%
55 Hong Kong, China34.8%
56 Iran33.3%
57 France32.5%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 181 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data55
Regression equation
Y = 1.910203 X +5.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = 37943.075652 X +10902.106
Correlation coefficient (r)0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 6.499869 X +74.626
Correlation coefficient (r)0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -1.358182 X +2.422
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = 18.903917 X +1.088
Correlation coefficient (r)0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075