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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I am just not good at 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 Oman26.4%
2 Philippines24.4%
3 Pakistan24.1%
4 Iran23.7%
5 South Africa23.4%
6 Chile19.8%
7 Kuwait18.5%
8 Hong Kong, China17.8%
8 Qatar17.8%
10 Spain17.6%
11 Poland17.3%
12 Lithuania16.9%
13 Saudi Arabia16.1%
14 Japan15.5%
15 Singapore15.1%
16 Portugal14.8%
17 Morocco14.3%
18 Russian Federation13.9%
19 Kosovo13.8%
20 Bulgaria13.2%
20 Czech Republic13.2%
22 United States13.1%
23 Armenia13.0%
23 New Zealand13.0%
25 Bahrain12.9%
25 Latvia12.9%
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina12.5%
28 United Arab Emirates12.3%
29 North Macedonia12.1%
30 Malta11.4%
31 Netherlands11.3%
32 Albania11.1%
33 Italy11.0%
34 Ireland10.9%
34 United Kingdom10.9%
36 Germany10.8%
37 Belgium10.7%
37 France10.7%
39 Australia10.4%
39 Azerbaijan10.4%
41 Canada10.3%
41 Montenegro10.3%
41 Taiwan10.3%
44 Georgia10.1%
45 Austria10.0%
46 Turkiye9.5%
47 Finland9.4%
47 Hungary9.4%
49 Denmark9.1%
50 Croatia8.8%
50 Sweden8.8%
52 Cyprus8.7%
52 Slovakia8.7%
54 Norway8.6%
55 Republic of Korea8.5%
56 Serbia7.6%
57 Kazakhstan 3.6%

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 = -7.168590 X +7.161
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -124770.440016 X +47962.977
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -29.008145 X +81.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 3.983815 X +1.157
Correlation coefficient (r)0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -28.412628 X +15.155
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048