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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - Science is harder for me than for many of my classmates.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
57 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa25.0%
2 Philippines24.8%
3 Pakistan22.6%
4 Kuwait18.3%
5 Chile18.1%
6 Iran17.9%
7 Armenia17.4%
8 Saudi Arabia17.3%
9 Morocco 16.7%
9 Oman16.7%
11 Montenegro16.5%
12 North Macedonia16.4%
13 Qatar15.8%
14 Spain15.6%
15 Azerbaijan15.5%
16 Kosovo15.1%
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina14.7%
18 Georgia14.5%
19 Portugal13.6%
20 Cyprus13.0%
20 Hong Kong, China13.0%
20 United Arab Emirates13.0%
23 Bahrain12.6%
23 Singapore12.6%
25 New Zealand12.5%
26 Russian Federation12.3%
27 Turkiye12.0%
28 Italy11.8%
29 Bulgaria11.3%
30 Slovakia10.9%
31 Malta10.8%
32 United Kingdom10.7%
33 France10.5%
34 Albania10.1%
34 Czech Republic10.1%
36 United States10.0%
37 Canada9.6%
37 Hungary9.6%
39 Australia9.4%
40 Serbia9.3%
41 Belgium8.9%
42 Latvia8.7%
43 Poland7.8%
43 Taiwan7.8%
45 Austria7.7%
45 Netherlands7.7%
47 Kazakhstan7.6%
48 Lithuania7.3%
49 Ireland7.2%
50 Germany7.1%
51 Denmark6.4%
52 Sweden6.2%
53 Norway5.6%
54 Croatia5.2%
54 Finland5.2%
56 Japan4.4%
57 Republic of Korea2.3%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 181 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data55
Regression equation
Y = -9.325141 X +7.340
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.578
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.334

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -249280.551969 X +61299.837
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.512
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.262

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -51.447510 X +84.337
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 5.096782 X +1.072
Correlation coefficient (r)0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -52.829589 X +17.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184