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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - Mathematics is one of my favorite subjects.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt52.5%
2 Jordan43.6%
3 Oman40.8%
4 Lebanon40.4%
5 Morocco39.9%
6 South Africa36.4%
7 Iran36.3%
8 Turkiye35.2%
9 United Arab Emirates34.5%
10 Bahrain32.2%
11 Saudi Arabia32.1%
12 Singapore31.6%
13 Israel29.4%
14 Cyprus27.9%
15 United States27.8%
16 Kuwait27.0%
17 Georgia25.5%
18 Qatar24.9%
19 Kazakhstan 24.6%
20 Italy24.5%
21 Portugal23.5%
22 Malaysia23.2%
23 Ireland19.5%
24 Hong Kong, China19.3%
24 Romania19.3%
26 Australia18.5%
26 Russian Federation18.5%
28 New Zealand18.3%
29 Norway18.2%
30 France17.8%
31 Chile17.5%
32 Sweden15.4%
33 United Kingdom14.9%
34 Japan14.1%
35 Lithuania12.9%
36 Taiwan12.6%
37 Finland12.4%
37 Republic of Korea12.4%
39 Hungary11.6%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -6.532951 X +7.728
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -96918.733845 X +58690.177
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -18.711209 X +83.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.419
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.783990 X +0.854
Correlation coefficient (r)0.667
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.445

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -39.912075 X +20.965
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345