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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements? - I have discovered a satisfactory meaning in life.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
74 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia87.1%
2 Thailand82.7%
3 Belarus82.0%
4 Philippines81.0%
5 Peru80.8%
6 Viet Nam80.1%
7 Albania78.4%
8 Mexico78.2%
9 North Macedonia76.7%
10 Kosovo75.6%
11 Colombia74.4%
12 Kazakhstan73.9%
13 Moldova72.3%
14 Romania72.0%
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina71.6%
16 Jordan70.2%
17 United Arab Emirates70.0%
18 Panama68.8%
18 Switzerland68.8%
20 Montenegro68.5%
21 Finland67.9%
22 Portugal66.8%
23 Costa Rica66.6%
24 Croatia66.2%
25 France66.0%
26 Brunei Darussalam65.4%
27 Russian Federation65.0%
28 Republic of Korea64.5%
29 Chile64.4%
30 Qatar64.3%
31 Luxembourg64.0%
32 Turkiye63.5%
33 Hong Kong, China63.2%
33 Slovenia63.2%
35 Greece63.1%
36 United States62.8%
37 Spain62.6%
38 Austria62.3%
39 Lithuania61.4%
39 Serbia61.4%
41 Azerbaijan60.7%
42 Saudi Arabia60.4%
43 Germany60.3%
44 Estonia60.2%
45 Malaysia60.0%
46 Latvia59.8%
47 Cyprus59.2%
47 Morocco59.2%
49 Malta58.5%
50 Brazil57.8%
51 Dominican Republic57.5%
51 Lebanon57.5%
53 China57.4%
54 Australia57.1%
55 Denmark56.8%
56 Uruguay56.0%
57 Poland55.4%
58 Slovakia54.9%
59 Sweden53.6%
60 Georgia53.3%
61 Italy53.0%
62 Ukraine52.1%
63 Bulgaria52.0%
64 Ireland51.6%
65 Iceland51.4%
66 Argentina50.2%
67 Czech Republic49.4%
68 Hungary49.0%
68 United Kingdom49.0%
70 Macao, China48.0%
71 Netherlands44.7%
72 Taiwan42.8%
73 Japan 40.8%
74 Belgium34.3%

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 = -1.401328 X +7.062
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data74
Regression equation
Y = -79516.655611 X +78106.916
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -18.525708 X +88.617
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 1.021413 X +1.026
Correlation coefficient (r)0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -9.478506 X +14.802
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040