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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - Science is boring.
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 Pakistan 22.3%
2 South Africa19.4%
3 Philippines18.9%
4 Kuwait18.8%
5 Saudi Arabia16.7%
6 North Macedonia16.6%
7 Cyprus16.3%
8 Qatar15.4%
9 Chile14.6%
9 Oman14.6%
11 Morocco13.9%
12 Azerbaijan13.6%
13 Bahrain13.3%
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina13.0%
14 Montenegro13.0%
16 Spain12.2%
17 Finland11.7%
18 Iran11.6%
19 Belgium11.1%
20 United Arab Emirates11.0%
21 Czech Republic10.9%
21 United States10.9%
23 Serbia10.7%
24 Armenia10.6%
25 Slovakia10.5%
26 Poland10.3%
27 Netherlands10.0%
28 Denmark9.8%
29 Georgia9.5%
30 Hungary9.4%
31 Austria9.3%
31 Kosovo9.3%
31 Malta9.3%
34 Canada9.2%
34 France9.2%
36 Hong Kong, China9.0%
37 Germany8.8%
38 Croatia8.7%
38 Sweden8.7%
40 New Zealand8.5%
40 United Kingdom8.5%
42 Taiwan8.4%
43 Latvia8.2%
44 Russian Federation7.9%
45 Australia7.8%
45 Turkiye7.8%
47 Singapore7.0%
48 Italy6.7%
48 Norway6.7%
50 Bulgaria6.5%
51 Ireland6.4%
52 Portugal6.3%
53 Republic of Korea4.3%
54 Lithuania4.1%
55 Albania3.8%
56 Japan2.4%
57 Kazakhstan1.5%

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 = -4.928025 X +6.747
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -161262.580945 X +48361.212
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -44.863292 X +82.854
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 4.801626 X +1.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -51.400475 X +16.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131