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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements? - My life has clear meaning or purpose.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
74 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia90.6%
2 Albania88.2%
3 Viet Nam87.3%
4 Belarus86.7%
5 Kazakhstan86.1%
6 Kosovo85.2%
7 Peru85.0%
8 Thailand84.9%
9 Malaysia84.3%
10 Moldova83.4%
11 Mexico83.1%
12 Colombia82.1%
12 Philippines82.1%
14 North Macedonia81.6%
15 Turkiye80.2%
16 Saudi Arabia80.1%
17 Jordan79.0%
18 Romania77.2%
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina77.0%
19 China 77.0%
21 Montenegro76.4%
22 Costa Rica76.1%
23 United Arab Emirates75.5%
24 Panama75.0%
25 Croatia74.8%
26 Brunei Darussalam74.3%
27 Ukraine73.9%
28 Hungary72.8%
29 Chile71.6%
30 Russian Federation70.8%
31 Switzerland70.4%
32 Lithuania70.2%
33 Georgia69.5%
33 United States69.5%
35 Portugal68.6%
36 France68.5%
37 Hong Kong, China68.3%
37 Morocco68.3%
37 Serbia68.3%
40 Azerbaijan68.1%
41 Qatar67.8%
42 Slovenia66.9%
43 Spain66.8%
44 Republic of Korea66.4%
45 Austria66.3%
46 Luxembourg66.2%
47 Bulgaria66.0%
47 Estonia66.0%
49 Brazil65.6%
50 Dominican Republic65.5%
51 Poland65.2%
52 Finland63.9%
53 Italy63.7%
54 Germany63.6%
55 Taiwan63.4%
56 Latvia62.9%
57 Argentina62.7%
58 Slovakia62.2%
59 Malta61.8%
60 Iceland61.4%
61 Greece60.9%
61 Uruguay60.9%
63 Lebanon60.7%
64 Australia60.4%
65 Macao, China59.5%
66 Ireland59.0%
67 Cyprus58.0%
68 Sweden57.0%
69 Czech Republic56.5%
70 Denmark56.4%
71 Japan55.1%
72 United Kingdom54.6%
73 Netherlands53.5%
74 Belgium37.5%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

No data for 164 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -2.590565 X +7.998
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -142251.898695 X +130642.550
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -23.059514 X +94.023
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 1.450032 X +0.616
Correlation coefficient (r)0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -9.293365 X +15.360
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037