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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like 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 Kosovo94.0%
2 Albania90.2%
3 Morocco85.6%
4 Azerbaijan84.2%
5 Georgia81.8%
6 North Macedonia81.4%
7 Armenia81.1%
8 Oman80.6%
9 Saudi Arabia77.7%
10 Turkiye75.4%
11 Iran75.2%
12 Kazakhstan 74.1%
13 Montenegro73.8%
14 South Africa71.6%
15 Bahrain70.2%
16 Cyprus67.5%
16 Pakistan67.5%
18 United Arab Emirates67.4%
19 Kuwait66.6%
20 Bulgaria63.1%
21 Malta62.9%
22 France61.2%
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina60.9%
24 Portugal59.4%
25 Qatar58.8%
26 Italy58.3%
27 Chile58.2%
28 Philippines57.9%
29 Russian Federation56.5%
30 Spain55.2%
31 Lithuania54.4%
32 United Kingdom54.3%
33 Austria50.5%
33 United States50.5%
35 New Zealand50.4%
36 Australia49.5%
37 Canada49.4%
38 Hungary47.8%
39 Slovakia47.6%
40 Singapore47.3%
41 Ireland47.1%
42 Denmark45.1%
42 Serbia45.1%
44 Poland44.1%
45 Germany43.9%
46 Latvia43.2%
47 Sweden43.0%
48 Belgium42.4%
49 Czech Republic42.1%
50 Norway41.1%
51 Hong Kong, China40.7%
52 Netherlands39.7%
53 Finland37.9%
54 Japan34.3%
55 Croatia32.2%
56 Taiwan29.3%
57 Republic of Korea27.3%

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 = -2.787770 X +7.842
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -83365.900312 X +79773.021
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -14.461047 X +86.598
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.543722 X +0.783
Correlation coefficient (r)0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -19.970697 X +23.018
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251