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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about mathematics? - I usually do well in 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 Kosovo77.2%
2 Oman72.6%
3 Albania71.9%
4 Saudi Arabia71.3%
5 North Macedonia70.4%
6 Pakistan69.2%
7 Cyprus68.7%
8 Iran67.7%
9 Bahrain67.2%
10 Morocco67.1%
11 Montenegro66.1%
12 Georgia65.8%
13 Kuwait65.5%
14 South Africa64.0%
15 Azerbaijan63.7%
16 Qatar61.1%
17 Turkiye61.0%
18 Bulgaria60.2%
19 Spain60.1%
20 United Arab Emirates59.3%
21 Malta59.0%
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina58.5%
23 Austria56.2%
24 Armenia55.7%
25 United States55.6%
26 Philippines55.3%
27 Italy54.5%
27 Kazakhstan 54.5%
29 Norway53.1%
30 Hungary53.0%
31 Netherlands51.0%
32 Canada50.4%
33 Ireland49.9%
34 United Kingdom48.8%
35 Sweden48.4%
36 Australia47.6%
37 Germany47.5%
38 France46.8%
39 Chile46.0%
40 Portugal45.7%
41 Finland44.8%
42 Serbia44.6%
43 Belgium44.5%
44 Denmark44.4%
45 Slovakia44.3%
46 Croatia44.0%
47 Czech Republic42.3%
47 Poland42.3%
49 Lithuania42.2%
50 New Zealand41.7%
51 Latvia37.9%
51 Russian Federation37.9%
53 Singapore36.8%
54 Hong Kong, China33.2%
55 Taiwan25.7%
56 Republic of Korea21.1%
57 Japan14.9%

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 = -2.047224 X +7.311
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -65423.168930 X +66080.811
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -15.989161 X +86.677
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.938880 X +0.651
Correlation coefficient (r)0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -28.565487 X +26.630
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325