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Question: How well could your child do the following when he/she began primary/ elementary school? - Write letters of the alphabet
Choices: "Very well" "Moderately well" "Not very well" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very well"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bahrain76.0%
2 United Arab Emirates71.2%
3 Oman71.0%
4 Kosovo69.4%
5 Albania67.3%
6 Qatar66.7%
7 Saudi Arabia66.1%
8 Ireland65.8%
9 Singapore63.6%
10 Kuwait59.6%
11 Philippines59.3%
12 Croatia57.3%
13 Republic of Korea56.0%
14 Spain55.5%
15 North Macedonia51.5%
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina48.8%
17 South Africa48.6%
18 Cyprus48.5%
19 Azerbaijan47.4%
20 Latvia47.2%
21 France47.0%
22 Canada46.9%
23 Kazakhstan 46.2%
24 Hong Kong, China45.8%
25 Bulgaria45.5%
26 Poland45.3%
27 Morocco44.5%
28 Serbia43.4%
29 Malta43.0%
30 Pakistan41.0%
31 Japan40.3%
32 Armenia40.2%
33 Iran39.9%
34 Sweden39.3%
35 Finland38.8%
36 Montenegro37.5%
37 Italy36.3%
38 Lithuania35.8%
39 Taiwan35.5%
40 Chile33.9%
41 Denmark30.8%
42 Czech Republic30.0%
43 Georgia29.9%
43 Russian Federation29.9%
45 Portugal29.8%
46 Austria28.7%
46 Turkiye28.7%
48 Norway27.4%
49 New Zealand26.3%
50 Slovakia24.9%
51 Germany21.1%
52 Belgium15.9%
53 Hungary11.2%

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 = -0.495607 X +6.387
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = -5572.729048 X +31893.587
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -2.656721 X +79.146
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = 0.451522 X +1.490
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = -12.950618 X +17.090
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095