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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is boring.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
57 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Pakistan 26.1%
2 Kuwait21.6%
3 Qatar18.5%
4 Philippines18.2%
5 Saudi Arabia17.8%
6 South Africa17.6%
7 Oman16.3%
8 Netherlands16.2%
9 United States15.6%
10 Iran15.3%
10 Norway15.3%
12 Poland15.0%
13 Bahrain14.6%
13 Hong Kong, China14.6%
15 Croatia14.3%
16 Chile14.1%
16 Spain14.1%
18 Denmark13.8%
18 Sweden13.8%
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina13.5%
20 Taiwan13.5%
22 Belgium13.2%
22 Ireland13.2%
24 Finland13.1%
25 Morocco12.8%
26 Canada12.7%
26 Hungary12.7%
28 Germany12.6%
29 Czech Republic12.4%
30 United Arab Emirates12.3%
31 Bulgaria12.2%
32 Australia12.0%
33 Azerbaijan11.9%
34 New Zealand11.8%
34 North Macedonia11.8%
36 Austria11.5%
37 Serbia11.4%
38 Slovakia10.7%
39 Cyprus10.5%
39 Latvia10.5%
41 Malta10.0%
42 Montenegro9.4%
42 Portugal9.4%
44 United Kingdom9.3%
45 Italy9.2%
46 Republic of Korea9.1%
47 Singapore8.4%
48 Armenia7.9%
49 Turkiye7.8%
50 Kosovo7.5%
51 Russian Federation6.9%
52 France6.6%
53 Georgia6.4%
54 Lithuania4.8%
55 Albania4.4%
56 Japan4.0%
57 Kazakhstan1.8%

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 = 0.617110 X +6.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = 66816.446097 X +23418.740
Correlation coefficient (r)0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -16.190290 X +80.117
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 3.341531 X +1.279
Correlation coefficient (r)0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -38.229215 X +16.073
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074