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Question: On a normal school day, how much time do you spend before or after school doing each of these things? - I play sports.
Choices: "No time" "Less than 1 hour" "1-2 hours" "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Data: % of "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria44.5%
2 Slovakia39.1%
3 Germany38.6%
4 United States38.4%
5 United Kingdom38.2%England only
6 Hungary35.3%
7 Australia34.2%
8 Czech Republic32.9%
9 Slovenia31.7%
10 Netherlands31.4%
11 Norway31.1%
12 New Zealand30.3%
13 Colombia 30.2%
14 Qatar29.5%
15 United Arab Emirates29.1%
16 El Salvador27.9%
17 Denmark27.5%
18 Japan26.7%
19 Latvia26.4%
20 Kuwait24.7%
21 Sweden24.6%
22 Singapore23.7%
23 Iran23.2%
24 Italy23.0%
25 Morocco22.7%
26 Ukraine21.1%
27 Russian Federation20.9%
28 Hong Kong, China20.7%
29 Algeria20.5%
30 Armenia20.3%
31 Tunisia19.8%
32 Mongolia18.8%
33 Taiwan17.4%
34 Lithuania16.2%
35 Georgia15.2%
36 Yemen15.0%
37 Kazakhstan7.9%

Note
Don't know/ No answer are excluded. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 201 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 6.625935 X +4.451
Correlation coefficient (r)0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 158967.274520 X -9647.019
Correlation coefficient (r)0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 28.163528 X +70.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -3.504377 X +2.727
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -0.464672 X +11.762
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000