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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your mathematics lessons? - My teacher is good at explaining mathematics.
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 Turkiye78.7%
2 Jordan78.4%
3 Egypt77.9%
4 Lebanon70.9%
5 Saudi Arabia70.5%
6 Georgia70.3%
7 Oman69.9%
8 Romania69.1%
9 Iran67.3%
10 Morocco63.7%
11 United Arab Emirates63.4%
12 South Africa63.0%
13 Kuwait62.9%
14 Bahrain61.4%
15 Kazakhstan 59.2%
16 Portugal59.0%
17 Italy58.0%
17 United States58.0%
19 Israel57.3%
20 Russian Federation55.6%
21 Malaysia55.2%
22 Cyprus54.0%
23 Qatar52.7%
24 Lithuania52.5%
25 Ireland52.0%
26 Norway51.0%
27 United Kingdom50.7%
28 Singapore48.1%
29 Finland46.6%
30 Australia45.4%
31 New Zealand44.6%
32 Hungary43.4%
33 Sweden42.1%
34 Chile41.1%
34 Taiwan41.1%
36 France38.9%
37 Hong Kong, China33.0%
38 Japan27.4%
39 Republic of Korea26.5%

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 = -3.940849 X +8.272
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.508
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.258

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -89939.297527 X +84011.457
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -21.021737 X +90.274
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.861964 X +0.228
Correlation coefficient (r)0.660
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.436

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -30.916127 X +28.098
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328