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Question: Think about your goals in school: how true are the following statements for you? - My goal is to learn as much as possible.
Choices: "Not at all true of me" "Slightly true of me" "Moderately true of me" "Very true of me" "Extremely true of me"
Data: % of "Very true of me" "Extremely true of me"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Albania78.8%
2 Mexico71.7%
3 Kosovo71.1%
4 Colombia70.5%
5 Kazakhstan70.2%
6 Philippines67.3%
7 Indonesia67.2%
8 Peru66.5%
9 Jordan63.3%
10 Malaysia63.1%
11 Costa Rica62.8%
12 Saudi Arabia61.9%
13 Chile61.6%
14 Brazil61.4%
15 Panama60.7%
16 Georgia59.1%
17 Denmark58.9%
18 Montenegro58.0%
19 United States57.7%
20 Thailand57.6%
21 United Arab Emirates56.8%
22 Singapore56.1%
23 Norway55.7%
24 Azerbaijan54.4%
24 Finland54.4%
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina54.0%
27 Malta53.8%
28 Greece53.5%
28 Uruguay53.5%
30 Dominican Republic53.0%
30 Portugal53.0%
32 Brunei Darussalam51.4%
33 Canada51.3%
34 Qatar50.4%
35 New Zealand49.7%
36 Iceland49.4%
36 Lithuania49.4%
38 Australia49.3%
39 Moldova47.0%
40 Morocco46.8%
41 Cyprus46.6%
42 United Kingdom45.3%
43 Italy45.0%
43 Spain45.0%
45 Romania44.7%
46 Sweden44.2%
47 Ireland43.3%
48 Belgium43.0%
49 Republic of Korea42.9%
50 Turkiye42.8%
51 Serbia42.0%
52 Russian Federation41.2%
53 Slovenia39.8%
54 Argentina39.7%
55 Luxembourg39.6%
55 Poland39.6%
57 Hong Kong, China39.4%
57 Israel39.4%
59 Croatia37.7%
60 France37.6%
61 Bulgaria36.9%
62 Austria36.6%
63 Czech Republic36.3%
64 Macao, China35.6%
65 Switzerland35.3%
66 Estonia35.0%
67 Taiwan33.9%
68 Latvia31.0%
69 Germany30.9%
70 Japan 30.0%
70 Slovakia30.0%
72 Ukraine29.8%
73 Netherlands28.7%
74 Viet Nam27.9%
75 Belarus27.2%
76 China24.1%
77 Hungary21.4%

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 161 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -0.606227 X +6.599
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -36915.269349 X +49439.137
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -9.153390 X +81.854
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 1.149928 X +1.112
Correlation coefficient (r)0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -12.946246 X +15.222
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118