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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I learn things quickly in science.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
57 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iran75.7%
2 Albania74.9%
3 Oman72.6%
4 Bahrain71.9%
5 Kosovo71.7%
6 Saudi Arabia71.3%
7 North Macedonia69.1%
8 Montenegro67.7%
9 Morocco67.6%
10 Armenia67.3%
11 Kuwait66.3%
12 Bulgaria65.7%
13 Azerbaijan65.4%
14 Turkiye62.9%
15 Qatar59.7%
16 United Arab Emirates59.3%
17 Pakistan59.1%
18 South Africa57.7%
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina56.6%
19 Georgia56.6%
21 Portugal55.4%
22 Spain53.1%
23 Kazakhstan52.5%
24 Austria52.4%
25 Cyprus49.2%
26 Italy49.0%
26 Malta49.0%
28 Belgium48.9%
29 Hungary48.8%
30 Chile47.6%
31 United States46.7%
32 Philippines44.8%
33 Serbia43.9%
34 Canada43.4%
35 Norway42.5%
36 Netherlands41.7%
37 Croatia41.5%
38 Germany41.0%
39 Australia40.1%
39 Poland40.1%
41 Slovakia39.9%
42 Ireland39.5%
43 Russian Federation38.3%
44 United Kingdom36.2%
45 Hong Kong, China35.5%
46 Latvia35.3%
47 New Zealand35.2%
48 Taiwan35.1%
49 France34.2%
50 Finland34.1%
50 Singapore34.1%
52 Denmark34.0%
53 Lithuania33.6%
54 Japan 30.8%
55 Sweden30.5%
56 Czech Republic29.9%
57 Republic of Korea23.8%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 181 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data55
Regression equation
Y = -3.017073 X +7.726
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -82572.270412 X +73790.741
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -16.707936 X +85.807
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.237418 X +1.067
Correlation coefficient (r)0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -17.272606 X +17.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222