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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements about yourself? - I try harder when Ifm in competition with other people.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
79 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China93.9%
2 Malaysia92.6%
3 Viet Nam91.4%
4 Taiwan91.3%
5 Macao, China88.3%
6 Brunei Darussalam87.8%
6 Singapore87.8%
8 Hong Kong, China85.7%
9 Indonesia85.4%
10 Albania85.2%
11 Jordan83.0%
12 Thailand82.6%
13 Saudi Arabia81.9%
14 Republic of Korea81.7%
15 Ireland80.7%
16 Malta80.6%
17 United Arab Emirates80.4%
18 United States78.4%
19 Romania78.3%
20 Hungary77.8%
21 Kosovo77.3%
21 New Zealand77.3%
23 United Kingdom76.9%
24 Philippines76.8%
25 Italy75.9%
25 Slovenia75.9%
27 Peru75.6%
28 Lithuania75.0%
29 Australia74.9%
30 Belarus74.3%
30 North Macedonia74.3%
32 Qatar73.7%
33 Costa Rica73.3%
34 Canada72.6%
34 Turkiye72.6%
36 Finland72.5%
36 Spain72.5%
38 Czech Republic72.4%
39 Chile72.3%
39 Estonia72.3%
41 Moldova71.6%
42 Denmark70.8%
43 Latvia70.0%
44 Israel69.8%
45 Mexico69.7%
46 Norway69.2%
47 Cyprus69.1%
48 Austria69.0%
49 Germany68.9%
50 Sweden68.5%
51 Morocco68.4%
51 Poland68.4%
53 Slovakia68.3%
54 Greece68.1%
55 Japan 67.9%
56 Colombia67.3%
57 Lebanon66.9%
58 Croatia66.7%
59 Georgia66.0%
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina65.9%
61 Panama65.5%
62 Russian Federation65.4%
63 Montenegro64.7%
64 Iceland64.1%
65 Netherlands64.0%
66 Luxembourg63.7%
67 Portugal63.6%
68 Azerbaijan62.9%
69 Switzerland61.4%
70 Ukraine61.1%
71 France59.6%
72 Bulgaria58.5%
73 Belgium57.4%
74 Brazil55.4%
75 Argentina53.1%
76 Uruguay52.9%
77 Dominican Republic52.1%
78 Kazakhstan52.0%
79 Serbia50.2%

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 = -0.269052 X +6.437
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 10037.228648 X +23796.948
Correlation coefficient (r)0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = 8.528582 X +71.256
Correlation coefficient (r)0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = -0.790089 X +2.238
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = -11.528961 X +17.076
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054