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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Finding the actual distance between two places on a map with a 1:10,000 scale
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
80 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy71.3%
2 Greece70.9%
3 Israel66.1%
4 Republic of Korea64.9%
5 Poland64.1%
6 United States61.6%
7 Uruguay59.8%
8 Portugal59.6%
9 Slovenia59.5%
10 Romania59.3%
11 Panama59.2%
12 Germany58.0%
13 New Zealand57.6%
14 Estonia56.3%
15 Hungary55.7%
16 Taiwan55.3%
17 Belgium55.2%
18 Lithuania55.1%
19 Turkiye54.9%
20 Japan 54.2%
21 Argentina53.1%
22 Austria53.0%
23 Bulgaria52.5%
24 Spain52.4%
25 Jamaica52.3%
25 Mongolia52.3%
25 United Kingdom52.3%
28 Croatia52.0%
29 Australia51.7%
29 Ukraine51.7%
31 Viet Nam51.5%
32 Norway50.3%
33 Colombia50.2%
34 Canada50.0%
35 Moldova49.9%
36 Serbia49.6%
37 Costa Rica48.9%
37 Latvia48.9%
39 Chile48.7%
40 France48.0%
41 Switzerland47.7%
42 Netherlands47.2%
43 Guatemala46.6%
44 Ireland46.5%
45 Qatar46.1%
46 Paraguay44.8%
47 Mexico44.5%
48 United Arab Emirates42.7%
49 Macao, China42.6%
49 Morocco42.6%
51 Czech Republic42.2%
51 Jordan42.2%
53 Dominican Republic41.7%
54 Kazakhstan41.3%
55 Azerbaijan41.1%
56 Kosovo40.8%
57 North Macedonia40.3%
58 Palestinian Territory40.0%
59 El Salvador39.3%
60 Brazil39.1%
60 Iceland39.1%
62 Peru38.9%
63 Georgia38.7%
64 Montenegro37.9%
65 Thailand37.0%
66 Cambodia36.3%
66 Malta36.3%
68 Uzbekistan35.7%
69 Indonesia35.4%
69 Philippines35.4%
71 Malaysia35.3%
72 Singapore34.9%
73 Hong Kong, China34.8%
74 Saudi Arabia33.7%
75 Brunei Darussalam33.4%
76 Albania32.9%
77 Finland32.6%
77 Slovakia32.6%
79 Denmark28.2%
80 Sweden22.4%

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 = 0.840463 X +5.842
Correlation coefficient (r)0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 14250.275460 X +22092.734
Correlation coefficient (r)0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 8.642256 X +72.725
Correlation coefficient (r)0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -1.034758 X +2.258
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 9.417603 X +4.205
Correlation coefficient (r)0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044