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Question: During this year, how often did someone spread lies about you at school?
Choices: "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "Few times a year" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "Once or twice a month" "Few times a year"
Period:
Area:
49 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Thailand70.2%
2 Belgium58.7%
3 Qatar58.3%
4 New Zealand56.4%
5 Netherlands56.3%
6 Saudi Arabia55.4%
7 Bahrain54.7%
8 Tunisia54.4%
9 Singapore54.3%
10 Chile54.2%
11 Russian Federation53.8%
12 Morocco53.6%
13 United Kingdom53.5%
14 Slovakia53.2%
15 Malta53.0%
16 Romania51.7%
17 Germany51.2%
17 United Arab Emirates51.2%
19 Croatia51.1%
20 Portugal51.0%
21 Hungary50.9%
22 Australia50.6%
23 Austria50.4%
24 Spain50.3%
25 Turkiye47.7%
26 Italy47.6%
27 Yemen47.3%
28 Slovenia47.2%
29 Oman46.7%
30 Kuwait45.8%
30 United States45.8%
32 Lithuania45.3%
33 Czech Republic43.4%
33 Serbia43.4%
35 Republic of Korea43.3%
36 Hong Kong, China43.0%
36 Taiwan43.0%
38 Denmark42.7%
39 Japan 42.0%
40 Sweden39.9%
41 Finland39.3%
42 Norway39.1%
43 Poland38.3%
44 Iran37.0%
45 Ireland35.1%
46 Azerbaijan29.0%
47 Kazakhstan28.7%
48 Armenia23.6%
49 Georgia18.4%

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

No data for 189 countries.

Source
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), TIMSS 2011 Fourth Grade Almanacs.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = 1.242332 X +5.685
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data49
Regression equation
Y = 25163.070476 X +23134.730
Correlation coefficient (r)0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = 13.870046 X +71.450
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = -0.740802 X +2.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -1.350523 X +9.722
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001