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Question: Think about your goals in school: how true are the following statements for you? - My goal is to understand the content of my classes as thoroughly 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 Albania76.6%
2 Mexico72.1%
3 Kazakhstan71.2%
3 Kosovo71.2%
5 Singapore71.0%
6 Indonesia70.6%
7 Saudi Arabia70.0%
8 Denmark69.4%
9 Jordan67.9%
10 Peru67.7%
11 Colombia66.9%
12 Malaysia66.4%
13 Belgium65.9%
14 Norway65.6%
14 United Arab Emirates65.6%
16 Costa Rica65.5%
17 Brazil63.8%
18 Philippines63.7%
19 Canada62.5%
20 United States62.0%
21 Germany61.7%
22 China60.5%
22 Montenegro60.5%
22 Switzerland60.5%
25 Iceland60.3%
26 Austria60.2%
27 Moldova59.8%
28 Panama59.2%
28 Romania59.2%
30 New Zealand58.8%
31 Republic of Korea57.8%
32 Brunei Darussalam57.6%
33 Australia57.2%
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina57.2%
35 Georgia57.0%
35 Malta57.0%
35 Qatar57.0%
38 Poland56.8%
39 Luxembourg56.7%
40 France56.3%
41 Azerbaijan55.8%
42 Chile55.6%
42 Sweden55.6%
42 Thailand55.6%
45 United Kingdom55.1%
46 Lithuania54.1%
47 Uruguay53.9%
48 Israel53.8%
49 Ireland53.0%
50 Greece52.2%
51 Czech Republic52.0%
52 Dominican Republic51.7%
53 Morocco50.8%
54 Belarus49.9%
54 Hong Kong, China49.9%
54 Spain49.9%
57 Cyprus47.5%
58 Hungary46.9%
59 Portugal46.4%
60 Serbia46.2%
61 Croatia45.9%
62 Finland44.3%
63 Estonia43.8%
64 Russian Federation43.6%
65 Ukraine41.7%
66 Turkiye41.6%
67 Macao, China40.5%
68 Argentina40.4%
68 Slovakia40.4%
70 Italy39.0%
71 Taiwan37.5%
72 Japan 36.7%
73 Netherlands36.2%
74 Latvia35.4%
75 Bulgaria33.8%
76 Slovenia32.1%
77 Viet Nam11.8%

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 = 0.512705 X +6.024
Correlation coefficient (r)0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = 26856.930336 X +17017.086
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -2.412670 X +78.761
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.863616 X +1.193
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -8.359393 X +13.567
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040