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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like to solve mathematics problems.
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 Kosovo82.0%
2 Albania79.8%
3 Oman76.7%
4 Azerbaijan74.7%
5 Georgia74.6%
6 Morocco74.0%
7 Saudi Arabia73.6%
8 Iran73.1%
9 Armenia71.2%
10 North Macedonia69.1%
11 Turkiye66.5%
12 Kazakhstan 66.1%
13 Montenegro65.4%
14 Pakistan64.9%
15 Bahrain64.6%
16 Kuwait62.2%
17 South Africa61.2%
18 United Arab Emirates60.6%
19 Bulgaria58.7%
20 Qatar56.2%
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina53.2%
22 Cyprus51.8%
23 Chile50.3%
24 Philippines49.8%
25 Lithuania47.1%
26 Portugal46.9%
27 United Kingdom46.2%
28 United States45.9%
29 Austria45.5%
30 New Zealand43.8%
31 France43.4%
32 Australia43.0%
33 Italy42.8%
34 Spain41.7%
35 Ireland41.0%
36 Malta40.3%
37 Canada40.2%
38 Russian Federation39.6%
39 Netherlands39.5%
40 Norway39.0%
41 Hungary38.5%
42 Slovakia38.3%
43 Poland36.9%
44 Hong Kong, China34.6%
45 Serbia34.4%
46 Latvia34.3%
47 Singapore32.9%
48 Japan32.5%
49 Finland31.2%
50 Germany31.1%
51 Sweden30.4%
52 Belgium29.1%
53 Croatia27.1%
54 Czech Republic26.4%
55 Denmark25.6%
56 Taiwan24.9%
57 Republic of Korea22.3%

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 = -2.890364 X +7.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -78599.250094 X +70095.144
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -14.561434 X +85.363
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.692448 X +0.846
Correlation coefficient (r)0.574
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.329

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -18.836425 X +20.688
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.488
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.238