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Question: Could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Recognize written numbers
Choices: "Not at all" "Up to 10" "Up to 20" "Up to 100 or higher"
Data: % of "Up to 100 or higher"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan69.9%
2 Republic of Korea67.7%
3 Hong Kong, China60.1%
4 United Arab Emirates52.2%
5 Singapore51.6%
6 Ireland49.5%
7 Bahrain45.6%
8 Japan42.4%
9 Latvia38.8%
10 Kazakhstan 38.6%
11 Albania37.9%
12 Sweden36.8%
13 Qatar36.2%
14 Poland36.1%
15 Azerbaijan35.6%
16 Oman34.9%
17 Finland34.8%
18 North Macedonia34.7%
19 Spain34.6%
20 Kosovo33.6%
21 Lithuania33.5%
22 Philippines32.8%
23 Croatia32.4%
24 Canada31.8%
25 Russian Federation31.0%
26 Saudi Arabia29.9%
27 Bulgaria28.1%
28 Armenia27.4%
29 Serbia27.1%
30 Kuwait26.3%
31 Turkiye25.2%
32 Cyprus24.8%
33 South Africa24.4%
34 Morocco21.9%
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina21.6%
36 Montenegro20.4%
37 Pakistan19.1%
38 Hungary18.6%
39 Italy18.1%
40 Norway17.8%
41 France17.4%
42 Portugal17.3%
43 Chile17.2%
44 Malta17.1%
45 Iran16.2%
46 Czech Republic15.3%
47 Austria15.0%
48 Georgia14.5%
49 Denmark14.1%
50 Germany11.8%
51 Belgium11.6%
52 Slovakia11.5%
53 New Zealand11.4%

Note
The result of the survey on the parents of Grade 4 students. Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 185 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data51
Regression equation
Y = -0.137048 X +6.212
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = 24135.877084 X +22245.963
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 4.693530 X +76.602
Correlation coefficient (r)0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.845666 X +1.937
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 7.530042 X +9.250
Correlation coefficient (r)0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022