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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like any schoolwork that involves numbers.
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 Kosovo92.2%
2 Albania88.9%
3 North Macedonia80.4%
4 Morocco79.6%
5 Azerbaijan77.0%
6 Georgia74.7%
7 Armenia74.0%
8 Oman73.8%
9 Turkiye72.5%
10 Saudi Arabia70.7%
11 Iran69.4%
12 Montenegro69.0%
13 Kazakhstan 66.5%
14 Bulgaria63.9%
15 South Africa63.4%
16 Bahrain62.8%
17 Pakistan61.9%
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina59.8%
19 Kuwait59.5%
20 United Arab Emirates59.1%
21 Cyprus57.4%
22 Portugal52.9%
23 Malta52.6%
24 Qatar52.0%
25 Hungary51.7%
26 Philippines50.1%
27 Chile49.4%
28 Russian Federation46.9%
29 France46.4%
30 Austria45.4%
31 Italy44.6%
32 Spain41.8%
33 Germany39.9%
34 Lithuania39.5%
35 Serbia37.8%
36 Canada36.2%
37 United Kingdom35.4%
38 United States35.1%
39 Slovakia33.3%
40 New Zealand32.7%
41 Australia32.1%
42 Sweden31.7%
43 Hong Kong, China29.9%
44 Croatia29.1%
45 Belgium28.7%
46 Latvia28.6%
47 Ireland28.4%
47 Singapore28.4%
49 Czech Republic27.5%
50 Poland25.5%
51 Netherlands23.9%
51 Norway23.9%
53 Japan23.4%
54 Denmark23.0%
55 Taiwan20.9%
56 Republic of Korea20.6%
57 Finland20.2%

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 = -2.640346 X +7.498
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.660
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.436

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -79790.912519 X +69970.113
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.662
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.438

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -12.666052 X +84.319
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.198473 X +1.101
Correlation coefficient (r)0.488
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.238

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -14.595998 X +18.462
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202