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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Representing a situation mathematically using variables, symbols, or diagrams
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
80 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea45.6%
2 Italy42.2%
3 Hungary41.4%
4 Israel40.5%
5 Serbia40.2%
6 Poland39.7%
7 Czech Republic38.3%
7 Greece38.3%
9 Iceland38.0%
10 Montenegro37.3%
11 Romania37.1%
12 Bulgaria36.7%
13 Slovenia36.5%
14 Morocco36.0%
15 Estonia35.9%
16 Ukraine35.7%
17 Jordan34.4%
18 Panama34.1%
19 Lithuania33.4%
20 Palestinian Territory33.1%
21 Slovakia33.0%
22 Finland32.7%
23 Taiwan32.1%
24 Paraguay30.7%
24 Turkiye30.7%
26 Latvia30.5%
27 North Macedonia30.4%
27 Viet Nam30.4%
29 Costa Rica30.3%
30 Mongolia30.0%
31 Azerbaijan29.9%
32 Kosovo29.7%
33 Croatia29.4%
34 Albania29.3%
35 Spain29.1%
36 Georgia28.8%
37 Guatemala28.6%
38 Indonesia28.3%
39 El Salvador28.2%
40 Uzbekistan28.1%
41 Dominican Republic27.9%
42 Uruguay27.8%
43 Belgium27.3%
44 Japan 26.7%
45 France26.5%
46 Netherlands26.2%
47 Moldova26.0%
48 Saudi Arabia25.9%
49 Mexico25.8%
50 Norway25.4%
51 Malaysia25.0%
52 Thailand24.8%
53 Switzerland24.4%
54 Cambodia24.1%
55 Colombia23.9%
56 Kazakhstan23.8%
56 Qatar23.8%
58 United Arab Emirates23.0%
59 Jamaica22.9%
60 Chile22.7%
61 Argentina22.6%
62 Malta22.4%
63 Brazil22.2%
63 Portugal22.2%
65 Philippines21.3%
66 United Kingdom21.0%
67 Hong Kong, China20.9%
68 Austria20.6%
69 Germany19.8%
70 United States19.3%
71 New Zealand19.0%
72 Peru18.3%
72 Sweden18.3%
74 Canada17.5%
75 Macao, China17.0%
76 Australia16.9%
76 Ireland16.9%
78 Brunei Darussalam16.5%
79 Denmark15.9%
80 Singapore15.0%

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 = -2.079161 X +6.830
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -125203.322554 X +63828.068
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -13.504492 X +80.565
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 0.491908 X +1.634
Correlation coefficient (r)0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 10.965433 X +5.585
Correlation coefficient (r)0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030