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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - It is important to do well in science.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt77.4%
2 Jordan75.5%
3 Iran74.3%
4 Kuwait72.8%
4 Turkiye72.8%
6 Saudi Arabia70.9%
7 Oman70.8%
8 United Arab Emirates68.3%
9 Bahrain66.8%
10 South Africa65.4%
11 Qatar62.6%
12 Lebanon61.2%
13 Morocco 60.8%
14 Singapore58.4%
15 United States57.6%
16 Malaysia54.3%
17 Georgia54.0%
18 Israel53.8%
19 United Kingdom53.4%
20 Cyprus51.0%
21 Australia44.3%
22 Chile43.8%
23 Romania41.8%
24 Ireland41.6%
25 Kazakhstan41.2%
26 Japan40.5%
27 Portugal40.1%
28 Russian Federation39.1%
29 Lithuania39.0%
30 New Zealand38.7%
31 Sweden37.2%
32 Italy36.6%
33 Norway33.2%
34 Hong Kong, China29.0%
35 Hungary28.8%
36 France27.1%
37 Taiwan26.8%
38 Republic of Korea24.5%
39 Finland23.7%

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 = -3.162221 X +7.661
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -50991.542744 X +60014.802
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -12.659190 X +84.985
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.145644 X +0.733
Correlation coefficient (r)0.602
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.362

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -27.549184 X +24.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.631
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.398