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Question: How often do you feel this way when you arrive at school? - I feel hungry.
Choices: "Every day" "Almost every day" "Sometimes" "Never"
Data: % of "Every day" "Almost every day"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Romania53.4%
2 Chile52.6%
3 Republic of Korea50.5%
4 France48.9%
5 Malaysia46.6%
6 Turkiye46.4%
7 Taiwan43.9%
8 Italy43.3%
9 Bahrain42.8%
10 Qatar42.0%
11 Hong Kong, China40.1%
12 Egypt38.8%
13 Jordan38.1%
14 United Arab Emirates37.9%
15 Lebanon36.9%
16 Singapore36.4%
17 Morocco35.6%
18 United States32.8%
19 South Africa32.6%
20 Sweden32.5%
21 Oman31.7%
22 Finland31.3%
23 Kuwait30.4%
24 Hungary29.2%
25 Saudi Arabia27.5%
26 Australia27.2%
27 Israel26.7%
28 Georgia26.5%
29 United Kingdom25.5%
30 New Zealand25.2%
31 Cyprus24.9%
32 Norway23.8%
33 Russian Federation23.7%
34 Japan23.5%
35 Ireland22.0%
36 Portugal20.9%
37 Iran16.7%
38 Kazakhstan 16.6%
39 Lithuania14.1%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -1.571434 X +6.621
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -32594.135032 X +45377.041
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 4.028742 X +77.216
Correlation coefficient (r)0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.664869 X +2.044
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -12.800259 X +14.867
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037