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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your science lessons? - My teacher has clear answers to my questions.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt76.0%
2 Jordan74.0%
3 Saudi Arabia72.1%
4 Turkiye71.6%
5 Iran69.5%
6 Kuwait66.8%
7 Oman66.7%
8 Bahrain64.0%
9 United Arab Emirates60.6%
10 South Africa56.7%
11 Qatar56.6%
12 United States53.5%
13 Israel53.0%
14 Malaysia52.8%
15 Italy50.6%
16 Ireland46.0%
17 Singapore44.8%
18 New Zealand44.7%
19 United Kingdom44.4%
20 Norway43.8%
21 Australia42.7%
22 Taiwan35.8%
23 Chile32.7%
24 Hong Kong, China32.4%
25 Japan 23.5%
26 Republic of Korea21.4%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 212 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.471768 X +7.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -65289.391960 X +75490.815
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -22.222870 X +90.354
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.828224 X +0.320
Correlation coefficient (r)0.724
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.524

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -21.878920 X +19.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366