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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements about yourself? - If I am not good at something, I would rather keep struggling to master it than move on to something I may be good at.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
79 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malaysia87.1%
2 Albania84.2%
3 Peru83.0%
4 Indonesia82.7%
5 Thailand81.5%
6 Mexico81.4%
7 Belarus81.1%
8 North Macedonia80.8%
9 Colombia80.5%
10 China80.4%
10 Jordan80.4%
12 Portugal78.0%
13 Philippines76.9%
14 Kazakhstan76.7%
15 Moldova76.5%
15 Republic of Korea76.5%
17 Kosovo76.2%
18 Taiwan75.9%
19 Chile75.4%
20 Greece75.2%
21 Costa Rica73.4%
22 United Arab Emirates73.3%
23 Brunei Darussalam72.7%
23 Saudi Arabia72.7%
25 Viet Nam72.3%
26 Montenegro71.7%
27 Romania71.6%
28 Croatia71.5%
28 Italy71.5%
30 Georgia70.3%
31 Panama70.0%
31 Russian Federation70.0%
33 Argentina69.9%
34 Brazil69.7%
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina69.3%
36 Uruguay69.2%
37 Spain68.5%
38 Qatar68.2%
39 Slovenia67.3%
40 Estonia67.1%
40 Ukraine67.1%
42 Iceland67.0%
43 Lithuania66.5%
44 United States66.0%
45 Latvia65.7%
46 Poland65.5%
47 Hong Kong, China64.9%
48 Cyprus64.7%
49 Slovakia64.4%
50 Singapore64.3%
51 Hungary64.0%
51 Malta64.0%
53 Norway63.7%
54 Israel63.2%
55 Canada63.0%
56 Macao, China62.9%
56 Serbia62.9%
58 Bulgaria62.6%
59 France62.4%
60 Azerbaijan62.1%
61 Dominican Republic61.6%
62 Denmark61.4%
63 Switzerland60.7%
64 Austria60.6%
65 Australia60.3%
66 Sweden60.1%
67 New Zealand60.0%
68 Luxembourg59.7%
69 Lebanon59.5%
70 Morocco59.3%
71 Czech Republic57.2%
72 Finland56.1%
73 Ireland55.9%
74 Germany55.3%
75 United Kingdom52.8%
76 Turkiye52.2%
77 Japan 51.8%
78 Netherlands47.4%
79 Belgium32.2%

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 = -2.358327 X +7.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = -138422.268071 X +124784.938
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = -22.371425 X +92.499
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = 0.598854 X +1.267
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = -8.528123 X +14.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029