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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Interpreting mathematical solutions in the context of a real-life challenge
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
80 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel61.1%
2 Poland59.9%
3 Republic of Korea56.6%
4 Czech Republic56.0%
5 Hungary53.7%
6 Japan 53.5%
7 Greece53.2%
8 Italy53.0%
9 Lithuania51.9%
10 Romania48.2%
11 Mongolia47.9%
12 Taiwan47.8%
13 Panama47.2%
14 Estonia46.6%
15 Netherlands45.3%
16 Slovenia44.4%
17 Belgium42.7%
18 Serbia42.5%
19 Turkiye42.4%
20 Hong Kong, China41.6%
21 Spain41.5%
22 Bulgaria41.2%
23 Slovakia41.0%
24 Uruguay40.8%
25 Latvia40.6%
26 Switzerland40.5%
26 Ukraine40.5%
28 United States39.8%
28 Viet Nam39.8%
30 Iceland38.7%
31 Montenegro38.4%
32 Malta38.3%
33 Germany37.8%
33 Macao, China37.8%
35 Guatemala37.4%
36 Portugal37.1%
37 Costa Rica36.2%
38 Finland36.0%
39 France35.9%
40 Brunei Darussalam35.8%
41 Azerbaijan35.7%
42 Jamaica35.5%
43 United Kingdom35.0%
44 Argentina34.5%
45 Croatia34.1%
45 New Zealand34.1%
47 Austria34.0%
47 North Macedonia34.0%
49 Moldova33.9%
50 Paraguay33.6%
51 Malaysia33.3%
52 Mexico33.1%
53 Ireland32.7%
54 El Salvador32.3%
55 Colombia31.9%
55 Georgia31.9%
55 Jordan31.9%
58 Canada31.7%
59 Australia31.6%
60 Indonesia31.4%
60 Kazakhstan31.4%
62 Morocco30.7%
63 Norway30.0%
64 Cambodia29.5%
65 Qatar28.4%
66 United Arab Emirates27.9%
67 Palestinian Territory27.7%
68 Albania27.5%
69 Dominican Republic26.8%
70 Thailand26.6%
71 Kosovo26.5%
72 Chile25.6%
73 Saudi Arabia25.4%
74 Sweden25.0%
75 Brazil24.3%
76 Peru21.9%
77 Singapore21.8%
77 Uzbekistan21.8%
79 Philippines21.6%
80 Denmark21.5%

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 158 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2022

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 0.856189 X +5.923
Correlation coefficient (r)0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 1903.623809 X +28112.415
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 10.102787 X +73.065
Correlation coefficient (r)0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -1.391093 X +2.285
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 14.872296 X +3.162
Correlation coefficient (r)0.307
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094