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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements about yourself? - Part of the enjoyment I get from doing things is when I improve on my past performance.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
79 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea95.0%
2 China94.3%
3 Singapore93.9%
4 Viet Nam93.0%
5 Slovenia92.2%
6 Malaysia91.7%
7 Thailand91.3%
8 Taiwan90.6%
9 Peru90.4%
10 Poland90.0%
11 Albania89.6%
12 Brunei Darussalam89.0%
13 Belarus88.6%
14 Croatia88.3%
15 Portugal88.2%
16 Hong Kong, China88.1%
17 Hungary87.8%
17 Indonesia87.8%
19 Latvia87.7%
20 North Macedonia87.5%
21 United States87.1%
22 Italy86.7%
23 Macao, China86.2%
24 Greece86.1%
25 Spain85.8%
26 Mexico85.7%
27 Malta85.6%
28 New Zealand85.0%
29 Moldova84.8%
30 United Arab Emirates84.5%
31 Australia84.4%
32 Philippines84.1%
33 Denmark83.8%
34 Kosovo83.7%
35 Colombia83.6%
36 Chile83.4%
36 Jordan83.4%
38 Romania83.0%
39 Austria82.7%
40 Estonia82.6%
41 Germany82.3%
42 Turkiye82.1%
43 Ukraine81.4%
44 Canada81.3%
45 Lithuania81.0%
46 Finland80.5%
47 Montenegro80.4%
48 Argentina80.3%
49 Switzerland80.2%
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina80.1%
50 Kazakhstan80.1%
52 Costa Rica79.8%
53 Norway79.2%
54 Saudi Arabia79.1%
55 Ireland78.8%
56 Slovakia78.6%
57 Iceland78.3%
58 Russian Federation78.0%
59 Czech Republic77.3%
60 Luxembourg76.5%
61 Brazil76.4%
61 Qatar76.4%
63 United Kingdom76.2%
64 Israel76.0%
65 Sweden75.4%
66 Cyprus74.8%
67 Uruguay74.7%
68 Georgia73.9%
69 Japan 72.8%
70 Panama72.4%
70 Serbia72.4%
72 France71.6%
73 Bulgaria70.0%
74 Morocco68.3%
75 Lebanon64.6%
76 Azerbaijan64.1%
77 Dominican Republic63.1%
78 Netherlands60.5%
79 Belgium39.5%

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 = 0.263785 X +6.031
Correlation coefficient (r)0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -29314.072512 X +54821.236
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = 0.559205 X +76.914
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = -1.138531 X +2.595
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 0.574054 X +8.405
Correlation coefficient (r)0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000