This review examines the effects of nationality on attitudes of students to study science. It
compares data from many countries published in refereed research journals, research reports,
book chapters, and conference papers. The main aim is to identify the commonalities and
variations in the students’ attitudes with particular focus on students from developing and
developed countries. The search of bibliographical databases yielded a lot of researches. After
title and abstract screening and after eliminating duplicates and applying inclusion criteria, this
search ended up to include 15. Findings make it clear that students in different parts of the world
develop differing attitudes toward science. It is observed that students are positive internationally;
however, students in developing countries are more positive than the students in rich and
developed countries, especially in Japan and Korea. Biology is most favourite, particularly of
girls, whereas boys favour physics. It is also felt that comparing available attitude data is not
simple and must be done with caution.