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Question: How far in your education do you expect to go?
Choices: "Finish Lower secondary education" "Finish Upper secondary education" "Finish Post-secondary, non-tertiary education" "Finish Short-cycle tertiary education" "Finish Bachelorfs or equivalent level" "Finish Postgraduate degree"
Data: % of "Finish Postgraduate degree"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt66.0%
2 Lebanon58.6%
3 Kuwait56.6%
4 United Arab Emirates55.4%
5 Jordan54.9%
6 Iran54.7%
7 Qatar54.1%
8 Saudi Arabia53.9%
9 Bahrain52.9%
10 Israel51.4%
11 Morocco49.3%
12 Oman46.0%
13 Cyprus45.7%
14 United States42.1%
15 Georgia40.2%
16 Portugal39.4%
17 South Africa39.2%
18 Turkiye37.0%
19 Chile34.5%
20 Italy30.7%
21 Romania29.4%
22 New Zealand29.3%
23 Norway27.3%
24 France26.3%
25 Hong Kong, China26.1%
26 Singapore25.8%
27 Taiwan25.2%
28 Ireland24.9%
29 Sweden23.5%
30 Australia23.1%
31 Russian Federation21.9%
32 Finland20.9%
32 Kazakhstan20.9%
34 Hungary20.8%
35 Malaysia18.5%
36 United Kingdom15.9%
37 Lithuania12.2%
38 Republic of Korea9.6%
39 Japan 3.5%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -3.046597 X +7.143
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -35852.009452 X +48022.126
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -10.060434 X +81.373
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.858721 X +1.160
Correlation coefficient (r)0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -22.499070 X +17.101
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393