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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your science lessons? - My teacher is good at explaining science.
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 Jordan79.0%
2 Egypt78.5%
3 Turkiye76.6%
4 Saudi Arabia76.3%
5 Iran72.9%
6 Kuwait72.1%
7 Oman71.2%
8 Bahrain67.1%
9 South Africa64.8%
10 United Arab Emirates63.7%
11 Qatar59.0%
12 Italy58.1%
13 Malaysia57.8%
14 United States57.4%
15 Israel53.1%
16 Norway50.2%
17 Ireland50.0%
18 New Zealand49.5%
19 Singapore48.7%
20 United Kingdom48.4%
21 Australia47.5%
22 Chile42.1%
23 Taiwan40.0%
24 Hong Kong, China35.3%
25 Japan 25.6%
26 Republic of Korea24.6%

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 = -2.438538 X +7.522
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -69553.753857 X +80733.554
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -23.343100 X +91.960
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.679
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.461

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.762890 X +0.234
Correlation coefficient (r)0.710
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.504

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -21.164181 X +20.382
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340