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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I like 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 Albania89.5%
2 Kosovo86.0%
3 Oman84.7%
4 Morocco84.0%
5 Iran83.0%
6 Portugal81.5%
7 Azerbaijan80.7%
8 Turkiye79.6%
9 Bahrain79.4%
10 Bulgaria78.4%
11 Saudi Arabia77.5%
12 Montenegro76.4%
13 Kuwait76.2%
14 North Macedonia76.1%
15 Armenia75.6%
16 United Arab Emirates74.1%
17 Pakistan69.6%
18 Qatar69.2%
19 Georgia68.7%
20 South Africa66.9%
21 Kazakhstan66.0%
22 Malta64.3%
23 Italy62.0%
24 Spain60.3%
25 Ireland60.0%
25 New Zealand60.0%
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina59.9%
28 United States59.6%
29 Philippines58.3%
30 Austria57.1%
31 Chile56.6%
32 Hong Kong, China55.7%
33 Hungary55.4%
34 Taiwan54.8%
35 Lithuania54.3%
35 Russian Federation54.3%
37 Japan 54.2%
38 Canada54.0%
39 Australia52.9%
39 Poland52.9%
41 Singapore51.8%
42 Germany50.7%
43 Cyprus50.5%
44 Latvia50.2%
44 Norway50.2%
44 United Kingdom50.2%
47 France49.8%
48 Serbia49.6%
49 Netherlands48.2%
50 Slovakia45.2%
51 Denmark44.4%
52 Belgium43.9%
53 Croatia43.0%
54 Czech Republic40.0%
55 Republic of Korea39.1%
55 Sweden39.1%
57 Finland32.3%

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 = -3.260555 X +8.222
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.620
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.384

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -76344.439695 X +79500.293
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -14.747804 X +86.507
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.058851 X +1.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -15.518885 X +18.800
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189