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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about science? - I usually do well in 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 Oman79.6%
2 Iran78.2%
3 Albania75.5%
4 Saudi Arabia75.1%
5 Montenegro73.7%
6 Bahrain73.6%
7 Morocco71.8%
8 Kuwait71.4%
9 Turkiye71.2%
10 North Macedonia70.6%
11 Bulgaria69.0%
11 Pakistan69.0%
13 Kosovo68.9%
14 Qatar67.6%
15 South Africa66.7%
16 United Arab Emirates66.4%
17 Portugal64.4%
17 Spain64.4%
19 Azerbaijan63.9%
20 Georgia60.8%
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina59.6%
22 Hungary59.4%
23 Malta58.2%
24 Austria58.0%
25 Armenia57.6%
26 United States54.7%
27 Philippines54.1%
28 Italy52.4%
29 Cyprus52.0%
30 Kazakhstan 51.6%
31 Serbia51.5%
32 Norway50.7%
33 Croatia49.6%
34 Poland49.5%
35 Canada48.4%
36 Germany46.6%
37 Chile45.8%
38 Slovakia45.5%
39 Lithuania44.6%
40 Australia43.3%
40 Latvia43.3%
42 Belgium42.6%
43 Russian Federation41.8%
44 Sweden40.7%
45 Netherlands39.8%
46 United Kingdom39.3%
47 Czech Republic39.2%
47 Ireland39.2%
49 Taiwan38.4%
50 France37.1%
50 Hong Kong, China37.1%
52 Denmark35.6%
53 New Zealand34.6%
54 Finland30.3%
55 Singapore29.9%
56 Republic of Korea20.6%
57 Japan18.0%

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 = -2.882753 X +7.758
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data57
Regression equation
Y = -81282.032865 X +74915.133
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = -15.073856 X +86.241
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data56
Regression equation
Y = 1.517562 X +0.870
Correlation coefficient (r)0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data54
Regression equation
Y = -19.501745 X +21.892
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228