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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - Science is harder for me than any other subject.
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 Philippines26.8%
2 Pakistan 26.4%
3 South Africa24.4%
4 Chile17.5%
5 Spain17.2%
6 Saudi Arabia17.1%
7 Kuwait16.6%
8 Cyprus16.5%
9 Oman16.0%
10 Montenegro15.7%
11 Armenia15.6%
12 Georgia15.5%
13 Morocco15.3%
14 Kosovo15.1%
15 Singapore14.7%
16 Azerbaijan14.6%
17 Qatar14.4%
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina14.3%
19 Hong Kong, China13.9%
20 North Macedonia13.7%
21 New Zealand13.5%
22 Russian Federation13.1%
23 Malta13.0%
23 United Arab Emirates13.0%
25 Portugal12.9%
26 France12.8%
27 Iran12.4%
28 United Kingdom12.3%
29 Czech Republic11.4%
30 Serbia11.0%
31 Turkiye10.9%
32 Bahrain10.7%
33 Hungary10.6%
33 Slovakia10.6%
35 Belgium10.5%
36 Lithuania10.4%
37 United States10.3%
38 Italy9.9%
39 Australia9.6%
40 Canada9.5%
41 Netherlands9.3%
42 Albania8.7%
43 Bulgaria8.4%
44 Latvia8.3%
45 Austria8.2%
46 Germany7.8%
46 Kazakhstan7.8%
48 Denmark7.5%
48 Taiwan7.5%
50 Poland7.3%
51 Ireland7.2%
52 Croatia5.8%
53 Norway5.7%
54 Sweden5.3%
55 Finland4.6%
56 Japan4.1%
57 Republic of Korea3.2%

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 = -7.669747 X +7.155
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -218178.058142 X +57803.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -48.746427 X +84.065
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 4.897644 X +1.090
Correlation coefficient (r)0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -42.849492 X +16.583
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121