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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:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt57.3%
2 Jordan49.1%
3 Oman45.8%
4 Iran44.9%
5 South Africa40.2%
6 Lebanon38.3%
7 Turkiye37.3%
8 United Arab Emirates33.9%
9 Saudi Arabia33.0%
10 Morocco31.7%
11 Bahrain31.3%
12 Kuwait30.1%
13 Kazakhstan 29.9%
14 Georgia27.9%
15 Qatar26.6%
16 Israel25.6%
17 Singapore25.1%
18 United States21.7%
19 Romania21.3%
20 Cyprus21.0%
21 Portugal20.4%
22 Ireland19.5%
23 New Zealand18.7%
24 Russian Federation18.4%
25 Chile17.8%
26 Hong Kong, China17.7%
27 Australia17.5%
28 Norway17.3%
29 Italy17.2%
29 Malaysia17.2%
29 United Kingdom17.2%
32 Lithuania16.6%
33 Sweden16.5%
34 Taiwan15.3%
35 France14.6%
35 Hungary14.6%
37 Finland14.1%
38 Japan13.3%
39 Republic of Korea11.3%

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 = -6.248566 X +7.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.661
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.437

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -102690.021831 X +60189.990
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.463
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.214

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -21.591144 X +84.070
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.798972 X +0.853
Correlation coefficient (r)0.745
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.555

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -31.389885 X +18.757
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263