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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I enjoy learning mathematics.
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 Kosovo94.7%
2 Albania91.2%
3 Morocco83.8%
4 Azerbaijan83.3%
5 Georgia81.4%
6 Oman79.7%
7 North Macedonia79.1%
8 Armenia78.3%
9 Iran77.8%
10 Saudi Arabia77.2%
11 Turkiye75.3%
12 South Africa75.0%
13 Pakistan69.6%
14 Kazakhstan69.4%
15 Kuwait67.9%
16 Bahrain67.7%
17 Montenegro67.1%
18 United Arab Emirates65.2%
19 Cyprus63.3%
20 Philippines63.2%
21 Bulgaria62.2%
22 Malta60.9%
23 Portugal60.8%
24 Qatar59.6%
25 Chile57.5%
25 France57.5%
27 Spain57.0%
28 Lithuania55.1%
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina52.4%
30 United Kingdom50.3%
31 United States49.5%
32 Italy48.4%
33 New Zealand47.8%
33 Singapore47.8%
35 Australia47.1%
35 Canada47.1%
37 Russian Federation46.5%
38 Hungary46.3%
39 Sweden45.5%
40 Ireland45.3%
41 Denmark45.0%
42 Slovakia43.4%
43 Austria 42.9%
44 Norway42.4%
45 Netherlands42.2%
46 Poland39.7%
47 Hong Kong, China39.5%
48 Latvia39.2%
49 Czech Republic38.3%
50 Belgium37.9%
51 Germany37.3%
52 Finland35.3%
53 Serbia34.1%
54 Japan33.6%
55 Taiwan27.7%
56 Republic of Korea27.6%
57 Croatia26.7%

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 = -2.625005 X +7.695
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -73278.597256 X +72509.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -13.318904 X +85.671
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.546414 X +0.812
Correlation coefficient (r)0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -19.628301 X +22.424
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270