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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning science? - Science teaches me how things in the world work.
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 Albania93.8%
2 Kosovo93.4%
3 Georgia83.9%
4 Azerbaijan83.5%
4 Bulgaria83.5%
6 Montenegro82.8%
7 Iran82.1%
7 Oman82.1%
9 Bahrain81.1%
10 Armenia80.8%
10 Saudi Arabia80.8%
12 Morocco80.7%
13 Portugal80.5%
14 Kuwait80.4%
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina78.9%
16 Lithuania78.5%
16 Malta78.5%
18 United Arab Emirates78.2%
19 Turkiye77.9%
20 North Macedonia77.5%
21 Spain74.8%
22 Qatar74.4%
23 Kazakhstan 73.4%
24 Austria73.0%
24 Hungary73.0%
26 Russian Federation71.9%
27 Pakistan71.3%
28 Cyprus71.2%
29 Italy71.0%
30 South Africa70.4%
31 Ireland69.9%
32 United States67.6%
33 Latvia66.9%
34 Chile66.3%
35 Slovakia64.1%
36 Canada63.3%
37 Singapore62.5%
38 Germany62.2%
39 Serbia61.7%
40 Belgium61.5%
41 Australia61.2%
42 United Kingdom60.9%
43 Netherlands58.8%
44 Poland58.1%
45 France58.0%
45 Taiwan58.0%
47 Norway57.6%
48 New Zealand57.1%
49 Czech Republic56.7%
50 Hong Kong, China56.4%
51 Philippines52.4%
52 Sweden51.8%
53 Croatia48.4%
54 Denmark45.4%
55 Finland44.5%
56 Republic of Korea39.7%
57 Japan36.2%

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 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data55
Regression equation
Y = -2.998515 X +8.287
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -86437.754348 X +90831.340
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -15.372398 X +88.731
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.110676 X +0.920
Correlation coefficient (r)0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -18.239286 X +23.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141