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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 China77.0%
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 Japan 55.1%
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 data74
Regression equation
Y = -126094.144389 X +116648.395
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -26.418840 X +95.501
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 1.304492 X +0.753
Correlation coefficient (r)0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

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