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Question: Thinking about your school: to what extent do you agree with the following statements? - Trying hard at school will help me get into a good college.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
79 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China93.7%
2 Ireland93.5%
3 Albania92.8%
3 Finland92.8%
5 Singapore92.5%
6 Republic of Korea92.4%
7 Macao, China92.1%
7 Portugal92.1%
7 United States92.1%
10 Japan 91.9%
11 Malaysia91.7%
12 New Zealand91.2%
13 Kosovo90.9%
14 Belarus90.5%
15 Brunei Darussalam90.2%
16 United Kingdom90.0%
17 Indonesia89.8%
18 Hungary89.7%
19 Saudi Arabia89.6%
20 Croatia89.4%
21 Thailand89.3%
22 Taiwan89.0%
23 France88.9%
24 Hong Kong, China88.8%
25 Romania88.7%
26 Australia88.4%
27 Estonia88.2%
28 North Macedonia88.1%
29 Poland88.0%
30 Iceland87.5%
30 Malta87.5%
32 Norway87.4%
33 Canada87.3%
34 Slovenia87.1%
35 Luxembourg86.8%
35 Moldova86.8%
37 Turkiye86.7%
38 Sweden86.2%
39 Colombia86.1%
39 Latvia86.1%
39 Mexico86.1%
42 United Arab Emirates86.0%
43 Philippines85.8%
44 Jordan85.2%
44 Peru85.2%
46 Russian Federation84.8%
47 Belgium84.7%
47 Czech Republic84.7%
49 Kazakhstan83.9%
50 Chile83.8%
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina83.7%
51 Montenegro83.7%
53 Cyprus83.4%
53 Italy83.4%
55 Switzerland83.0%
56 Spain82.5%
57 Brazil82.4%
58 Georgia82.3%
59 Denmark82.1%
59 Qatar82.1%
61 Israel82.0%
62 Greece81.6%
63 Ukraine81.2%
64 Viet Nam81.1%
65 Lithuania80.9%
65 Slovakia80.9%
67 Costa Rica80.8%
68 Austria80.0%
69 Uruguay79.9%
70 Netherlands79.8%
71 Serbia79.1%
72 Bulgaria78.9%
73 Morocco78.5%
74 Germany77.8%
75 Argentina76.8%
76 Panama75.3%
77 Lebanon71.8%
78 Azerbaijan69.8%
79 Dominican Republic68.5%

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 159 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 4.135008 X +2.721
Correlation coefficient (r)0.273
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 116017.553515 X -68044.659
Correlation coefficient (r)0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = 26.883794 X +54.426
Correlation coefficient (r)0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = -2.243542 X +3.586
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 15.689206 X -4.486
Correlation coefficient (r)0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031