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Question: Think about your school: how true are the following statements? - Students seem to value competition.
Choices: "Not at all true" "Slightly true" "Very true" "Extremely true"
Data: % of "Very true" "Extremely true"
Period:
Area:
78 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway76.4%
2 Albania71.8%
3 Singapore68.4%
4 Republic of Korea65.5%
5 United States64.7%
6 New Zealand63.8%
7 Australia63.3%
8 Thailand62.8%
9 Hong Kong, China62.0%
10 Turkiye58.8%
11 Taiwan58.7%
12 Ireland57.8%
13 Malaysia57.3%
14 Sweden56.1%
15 Malta55.7%
16 Peru55.4%
17 Iceland55.0%
18 Philippines54.8%
19 Romania54.7%
20 Portugal 54.1%
20 United Kingdom54.1%
22 Kosovo53.7%
23 Moldova52.9%
24 North Macedonia52.3%
24 Poland52.3%
26 Macao, China52.2%
27 Finland51.3%
28 Brunei Darussalam50.4%
29 Jordan50.3%
30 Indonesia50.1%
31 United Arab Emirates49.8%
32 Montenegro48.8%
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina48.2%
34 Kazakhstan47.5%
35 Lithuania47.4%
36 Mexico46.9%
37 Saudi Arabia46.5%
38 Spain46.4%
39 Qatar46.1%
40 Denmark43.5%
41 Russian Federation42.6%
42 Costa Rica42.4%
43 Colombia41.9%
44 Brazil40.1%
45 Lebanon39.8%
46 Austria39.7%
47 China38.7%
48 Hungary38.2%
49 France37.8%
50 Chile37.6%
50 Israel37.6%
52 Georgia37.2%
53 Luxembourg37.1%
54 Latvia36.7%
55 Azerbaijan35.4%
55 Italy35.4%
57 Switzerland35.2%
58 Slovakia35.0%
59 Belgium33.8%
59 Ukraine33.8%
61 Serbia33.7%
62 Slovenia33.1%
63 Bulgaria33.0%
64 Cyprus32.7%
64 Greece32.7%
66 Uruguay32.5%
67 Estonia32.4%
68 Panama31.2%
69 Morocco30.5%
70 Viet Nam29.8%
71 Belarus28.2%
72 Germany27.7%
73 Dominican Republic27.2%
74 Croatia26.1%
75 Czech Republic24.5%
76 Japan24.1%
77 Netherlands19.0%
78 Argentina17.0%

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 160 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data74
Regression equation
Y = 0.390342 X +6.062
Correlation coefficient (r)0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 42818.492110 X +13758.413
Correlation coefficient (r)0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 5.310252 X +75.767
Correlation coefficient (r)0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -0.424412 X +1.826
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data74
Regression equation
Y = -1.095156 X +9.331
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001