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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - My teacher tells me I am good at science.
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 Iran71.7%
1 Saudi Arabia71.7%
3 Oman71.2%
4 Bahrain67.9%
5 North Macedonia65.4%
6 Kuwait64.3%
7 Kosovo62.8%
8 Albania62.6%
9 Montenegro61.7%
10 Pakistan 60.6%
11 Bulgaria57.0%
12 Morocco55.4%
13 Azerbaijan55.3%
14 Qatar55.0%
15 Armenia54.1%
16 United Arab Emirates53.8%
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina49.5%
18 Georgia48.0%
19 South Africa47.7%
20 Turkiye46.9%
21 Cyprus45.0%
22 Austria43.2%
23 Hungary41.4%
24 Kazakhstan40.4%
25 Malta40.1%
26 Serbia39.8%
27 Philippines39.2%
28 Spain38.8%
29 Portugal38.5%
30 Italy38.3%
31 Norway37.6%
32 United States35.6%
33 Canada33.6%
34 Croatia32.6%
35 Sweden30.8%
36 Chile30.1%
37 Australia30.0%
38 New Zealand26.8%
39 United Kingdom26.7%
40 Belgium26.3%
40 Ireland26.3%
42 Germany26.1%
43 Slovakia25.2%
44 Lithuania24.1%
45 Poland23.4%
45 Russian Federation23.4%
47 Denmark22.6%
48 Netherlands21.6%
49 Czech Republic20.0%
49 Latvia20.0%
51 Finland19.7%
51 France19.7%
53 Taiwan19.3%
54 Singapore18.4%
55 Hong Kong, China18.3%
56 Japan9.5%
57 Republic of Korea8.8%

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 = -2.352873 X +7.146
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -65833.278963 X +57445.704
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -12.649449 X +83.180
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.416923 X +1.121
Correlation coefficient (r)0.502
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.252

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -19.309050 X +19.090
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281