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Question: Could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Count by himself/ herself
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 Taiwan73.5%
2 Republic of Korea65.6%
3 Hong Kong, China64.0%
4 United Arab Emirates57.0%
5 Ireland52.6%
6 Singapore51.6%
7 Japan50.4%
8 Bahrain48.3%
9 Latvia47.3%
10 Sweden46.3%
11 Albania46.2%
12 Azerbaijan44.4%
13 Finland43.5%
14 Kazakhstan42.3%
15 Serbia40.6%
16 Croatia39.8%
17 North Macedonia39.5%
18 Canada39.4%
19 Qatar39.3%
20 Spain38.4%
21 Kosovo38.3%
22 Russian Federation38.0%
23 Armenia37.6%
24 Norway36.6%
24 Turkiye36.6%
26 Philippines36.3%
27 Hungary36.1%
28 Oman35.5%
29 Lithuania34.9%
30 Poland34.5%
31 Cyprus30.9%
31 Denmark30.9%
33 Montenegro30.7%
34 Bulgaria30.5%
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina29.0%
36 Iran28.4%
37 South Africa28.3%
38 Saudi Arabia28.2%
39 Austria28.0%
39 France28.0%
39 Kuwait28.0%
42 Georgia27.9%
43 Germany26.9%
44 Portugal26.4%
45 Czech Republic26.3%
46 Italy24.0%
47 Morocco21.7%
48 Chile21.6%
49 Pakistan 20.6%
50 Malta18.4%
51 Slovakia16.8%
52 Belgium16.6%
52 New Zealand16.6%

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 = 0.243905 X +6.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = 40985.588375 X +14574.124
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 8.057486 X +75.100
Correlation coefficient (r)0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -1.324878 X +2.162
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 10.515677 X +7.708
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033