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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements about yourself? - Once I start a task, I persist until it is finished.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
79 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Thailand89.1%
2 Indonesia87.9%
3 Viet Nam87.6%
4 Malaysia87.5%
5 Albania87.2%
6 Taiwan85.5%
7 China85.4%
8 Kosovo85.0%
9 Peru82.4%
10 Philippines81.3%
11 Moldova81.1%
12 Jordan80.0%
13 North Macedonia79.9%
14 Mexico79.7%
15 Portugal78.6%
16 Greece78.5%
17 Romania78.4%
18 Saudi Arabia78.3%
19 Kazakhstan77.7%
20 Brunei Darussalam77.6%
21 Turkiye77.3%
22 Belarus77.0%
23 Hong Kong, China76.6%
24 Colombia76.4%
24 United Arab Emirates76.4%
26 Italy76.3%
27 Republic of Korea76.2%
28 Slovenia75.4%
29 Montenegro75.1%
30 Hungary74.6%
31 Macao, China74.0%
31 Singapore74.0%
33 Ukraine73.6%
34 Costa Rica72.8%
35 Chile72.7%
36 Lithuania72.5%
37 Malta71.9%
37 Spain71.9%
39 United States71.8%
40 Croatia71.5%
41 Cyprus71.0%
41 Georgia71.0%
43 Israel70.0%
44 Morocco69.6%
45 Panama69.3%
45 Russian Federation69.3%
47 Ireland69.1%
48 Qatar68.9%
49 France68.5%
50 Brazil68.4%
51 Canada67.8%
52 Austria66.1%
53 Estonia66.0%
54 Australia65.7%
54 Uruguay65.7%
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina65.2%
56 Japan 65.2%
58 Switzerland65.1%
59 Argentina65.0%
59 Iceland65.0%
61 Sweden64.9%
62 New Zealand64.6%
63 Lebanon64.4%
64 Norway63.9%
65 Poland63.8%
66 Bulgaria63.3%
67 Azerbaijan63.1%
68 Germany62.7%
69 United Kingdom62.3%
70 Serbia61.9%
71 Finland61.5%
72 Latvia61.2%
72 Luxembourg61.2%
74 Dominican Republic60.3%
75 Slovakia59.8%
76 Denmark58.2%
77 Netherlands54.9%
78 Czech Republic52.5%
79 Belgium31.9%

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 = -2.700545 X +8.163
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -115585.641363 X +113315.143
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = -14.550350 X +87.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = 0.401730 X +1.386
Correlation coefficient (r)0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = -12.376775 X +17.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059