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Question: How often have you encountered the following types of mathematics tasks during your time at school? - Working out from a train timetable how long it would take to get from one place to another
Choices: "Frequently" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Rarely" "Never"
Period:
Area:
80 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Uruguay63.3%
2 Italy62.3%
3 Greece60.9%
4 Portugal60.3%
5 Israel57.7%
6 Belgium57.3%
7 United States57.1%
8 Iceland57.0%
9 Singapore56.0%
10 Poland55.4%
11 Germany54.8%
12 Republic of Korea53.1%
13 Panama52.7%
14 Taiwan52.4%
15 Mongolia52.1%
16 Lithuania50.6%
17 Hungary50.4%
18 Romania50.2%
19 Japan 50.1%
20 Guatemala49.8%
21 Paraguay49.2%
22 Estonia48.2%
23 New Zealand47.1%
24 Netherlands46.7%
25 Dominican Republic46.5%
26 Austria44.9%
27 Slovenia44.7%
28 Colombia44.4%
29 Moldova43.6%
29 Viet Nam43.6%
31 France43.4%
32 Thailand43.1%
33 Jamaica43.0%
33 Norway43.0%
35 Finland42.8%
35 Switzerland42.8%
37 Jordan42.7%
38 Australia42.5%
39 Costa Rica42.4%
39 Macao, China42.4%
41 Croatia42.1%
42 Argentina42.0%
42 Latvia42.0%
44 Mexico41.9%
45 Hong Kong, China41.3%
46 Palestinian Territory41.2%
47 Ireland40.8%
48 Canada40.7%
49 El Salvador40.4%
50 Czech Republic39.9%
51 United Arab Emirates39.7%
52 Malaysia39.1%
53 Chile38.7%
54 Serbia38.1%
55 Ukraine38.0%
56 Morocco37.6%
57 Qatar37.5%
57 Spain37.5%
57 Turkiye37.5%
60 Slovakia37.4%
61 Peru36.6%
62 Indonesia36.5%
63 Malta36.3%
64 North Macedonia36.0%
65 Kosovo35.7%
65 United Kingdom35.7%
67 Sweden35.4%
68 Montenegro35.2%
69 Kazakhstan35.0%
70 Bulgaria34.9%
71 Cambodia34.8%
72 Brazil34.3%
73 Brunei Darussalam31.9%
74 Saudi Arabia30.2%
75 Albania30.0%
76 Azerbaijan28.9%
77 Uzbekistan28.8%
78 Philippines28.5%
79 Georgia24.4%
80 Denmark22.5%

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 = 2.171708 X +5.303
Correlation coefficient (r)0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 60614.959622 X +2774.967
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 17.193991 X +69.424
Correlation coefficient (r)0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -1.108618 X +2.247
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 14.673534 X +2.365
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084