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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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway76.4%
2 Republic of Korea65.5%
3 United States64.7%
4 New Zealand63.8%
5 Australia63.3%
6 Turkiye58.8%
7 Ireland57.8%
8 Sweden56.1%
9 Iceland55.0%
10 Portugal54.1%
10 United Kingdom54.1%
12 Poland52.3%
13 Finland51.3%
14 Lithuania47.4%
15 Mexico46.9%
16 Spain46.4%
17 Denmark43.5%
18 Costa Rica42.4%
19 Colombia41.9%
20 Austria39.7%
21 Hungary38.2%
22 France37.8%
23 Chile37.6%
23 Israel37.6%
25 Luxembourg37.1%
26 Latvia36.7%
27 Italy35.4%
28 Switzerland35.2%
29 Slovakia35.0%
30 Belgium33.8%
31 Slovenia33.1%
32 Greece32.7%
33 Estonia32.4%
34 Germany27.7%
35 Czech Republic24.5%
36 Japan 24.1%
37 Netherlands19.0%

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 1 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.362419 X +6.519
Correlation coefficient (r)0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 43913.602041 X +26921.009
Correlation coefficient (r)0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 2.415591 X +79.289
Correlation coefficient (r)0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.102702 X +1.567
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 4.624995 X +7.798
Correlation coefficient (r)0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022