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Question: How much do you agree that you like being in school.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot" "Agree a little"
Period:
Area:
42 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia98.9%
2 Morocco97.2%
3 Ghana96.9%
4 Kazakhstan95.4%
5 Syrian Arab Republic95.1%
6 Thailand94.8%
7 Armenia93.7%
8 Turkiye93.5%
9 Tunisia93.1%
10 Georgia92.3%
11 Iran91.8%
12 Oman91.6%
13 Romania91.4%
14 Singapore89.5%
15 Jordan88.9%
15 Ukraine88.9%
17 Palestinian Territory88.2%
18 Malaysia85.7%
19 Lebanon85.3%
20 Chile84.4%
21 Bahrain83.6%
22 United Arab Emirates83.2%
23 Saudi Arabia82.7%
24 Japan 81.7%
24 North Macedonia81.7%
26 Russian Federation81.3%
27 Hong Kong, China80.6%
28 Israel79.6%
29 Lithuania79.2%
30 New Zealand79.0%
31 Qatar78.8%
32 Finland78.4%
33 Norway77.9%
34 Republic of Korea77.8%
35 Australia77.2%
36 United Kingdom76.2%
37 Sweden73.3%
38 United States73.0%
39 Italy72.0%
39 Taiwan72.0%
41 Hungary71.4%
42 Slovenia50.5%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 196 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -5.910670 X +10.876
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -137040.573800 X +144523.499
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -33.592127 X +105.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 2.958358 X -0.621
Correlation coefficient (r)0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -21.242453 X +26.772
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138