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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Some people are just not good at mathematics, no matter how hard they study.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
75 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland82.0%
2 Japan 81.4%
3 Czech Republic80.1%
4 Slovenia79.8%
5 Hungary77.1%
6 Slovakia76.6%
7 Belgium76.5%
8 Netherlands76.4%
9 Albania75.2%
10 Azerbaijan74.6%
10 Croatia74.6%
10 Serbia74.6%
13 Lithuania74.4%
14 Kosovo73.7%
15 Moldova73.6%
16 Latvia73.1%
17 France72.9%
17 North Macedonia72.9%
19 Romania72.4%
20 Malta72.3%
21 Montenegro72.0%
22 Palestinian Territory71.4%
23 Mongolia71.0%
24 Spain70.8%
25 Jamaica70.7%
26 Portugal70.6%
27 Morocco69.4%
28 Greece69.2%
29 Republic of Korea69.0%
30 Malaysia68.3%
31 Jordan68.0%
32 Ukraine67.5%
33 Bulgaria67.2%
34 Estonia66.1%
34 Switzerland66.1%
36 Finland64.7%
37 Germany64.4%
38 Hong Kong, China64.3%
39 Austria63.6%
40 Macao, China63.5%
40 Panama63.5%
42 Ireland63.4%
43 Canada63.3%
44 Thailand62.2%
45 Dominican Republic61.6%
46 Kazakhstan61.2%
47 Philippines61.0%
48 Uruguay60.9%
49 Italy60.7%
50 El Salvador60.4%
51 Mexico60.0%
52 Uzbekistan59.4%
53 Qatar59.0%
53 Turkiye59.0%
55 Indonesia58.8%
56 Colombia58.1%
56 Norway58.1%
56 United Kingdom58.1%
59 Saudi Arabia57.8%
60 Taiwan57.7%
61 Costa Rica57.2%
62 Iceland56.9%
63 United States56.1%
64 Brunei Darussalam54.6%
65 Chile53.4%
66 United Arab Emirates52.6%
67 Australia51.6%
68 Argentina51.0%
69 Brazil50.6%
70 Denmark49.3%
71 New Zealand49.0%
72 Sweden48.1%
73 Peru46.3%
74 Singapore42.6%
75 Georgia31.7%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of Ukraine are collected from 18 out of 27 regions.

No data for 163 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2022

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data72
Regression equation
Y = -1.170032 X +7.013
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data74
Regression equation
Y = -59661.933347 X +68150.760
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data74
Regression equation
Y = -2.267867 X +78.502
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data74
Regression equation
Y = -0.671445 X +2.160
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 9.970322 X +2.452
Correlation coefficient (r)0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046