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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - I learn many interesting things in 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 Egypt74.7%
2 Turkiye74.2%
3 Iran72.8%
4 Jordan71.5%
5 Oman66.5%
6 Saudi Arabia64.8%
7 Kuwait64.6%
8 South Africa62.4%
9 United Arab Emirates61.2%
10 Malaysia60.9%
11 Bahrain58.7%
12 Qatar56.8%
13 Singapore54.2%
14 Italy49.6%
15 United States49.0%
16 Ireland46.1%
17 Israel43.7%
17 New Zealand43.7%
19 Australia43.1%
20 Chile42.9%
21 United Kingdom40.1%
22 Norway37.8%
23 Hong Kong, China32.6%
24 Taiwan28.7%
25 Republic of Korea21.9%
26 Japan 21.4%

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 = -2.899557 X +7.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -76712.208584 X +81073.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.404
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.163

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -25.089324 X +91.811
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.473954 X +0.513
Correlation coefficient (r)0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -20.132854 X +18.847
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.552
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.305