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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:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel51.4%
2 United States42.1%
3 Portugal39.4%
4 Turkiye37.0%
5 Chile34.5%
6 Italy30.7%
7 New Zealand29.3%
8 Norway27.3%
9 France26.3%
10 Ireland24.9%
11 Sweden23.5%
12 Australia23.1%
13 Finland20.9%
14 Hungary20.8%
15 United Kingdom15.9%
16 Lithuania12.2%
17 Republic of Korea9.6%
18 Japan 3.5%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 20 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.182417 X +6.584
Correlation coefficient (r)0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 22401.834113 X +40850.708
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -4.021201 X +81.789
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.394089 X +0.977
Correlation coefficient (r)0.671
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.450

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -24.270118 X +16.903
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354