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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements about yourself? - It is important for me to perform better than other people on a task.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
79 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malaysia85.7%
2 Albania81.6%
3 Taiwan81.5%
4 Indonesia79.6%
5 China79.3%
6 Peru77.8%
7 Jordan77.4%
8 Turkiye77.3%
9 Brunei Darussalam76.9%
10 North Macedonia76.2%
11 Romania75.2%
12 Viet Nam75.1%
13 Hong Kong, China74.9%
14 Moldova74.4%
15 Saudi Arabia74.1%
16 Singapore73.3%
17 United Arab Emirates73.1%
18 Mexico73.0%
19 Philippines71.7%
20 Macao, China71.6%
21 Thailand70.8%
22 Colombia69.6%
23 Israel67.0%
23 Kosovo67.0%
25 Costa Rica65.8%
26 Malta65.5%
27 Italy65.1%
28 Lithuania65.0%
29 Belarus64.4%
29 Qatar64.4%
29 United States64.4%
32 Chile63.9%
33 Republic of Korea63.1%
34 Hungary62.9%
35 Greece62.0%
35 Latvia62.0%
37 Azerbaijan61.9%
38 Poland61.1%
39 Cyprus61.0%
40 Lebanon60.8%
40 Panama60.8%
40 United Kingdom60.8%
43 Georgia60.7%
44 Australia60.6%
44 Morocco60.6%
46 Bulgaria60.1%
47 Portugal59.8%
48 Canada59.5%
49 Russian Federation59.3%
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina58.6%
51 Ukraine58.5%
52 New Zealand57.8%
53 Brazil57.7%
54 Iceland57.6%
55 Ireland57.2%
56 Austria56.8%
57 Slovakia56.6%
58 Montenegro56.0%
59 Norway55.4%
60 France54.8%
61 Argentina54.5%
61 Germany54.5%
63 Spain53.0%
64 Japan 52.6%
64 Luxembourg52.6%
66 Kazakhstan52.5%
67 Estonia52.4%
68 Dominican Republic52.1%
69 Uruguay51.1%
70 Switzerland50.0%
71 Sweden49.7%
72 Croatia49.5%
72 Denmark49.5%
72 Slovenia49.5%
75 Czech Republic47.9%
76 Netherlands47.6%
77 Finland46.9%
78 Belgium43.9%
79 Serbia42.2%

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 159 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = -2.969663 X +8.090
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -83780.709704 X +83389.850
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = -13.235363 X +85.610
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = 0.389400 X +1.429
Correlation coefficient (r)0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = -20.895292 X +21.807
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187