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Question: Do you agree with the following statement: I think that the teaching profession is valued in society.
Choices: "strongly disagree" "disagree" "agree" "strongly agree"
Data: % of "agree" "strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malaysia83.77%
2 Singapore67.61%
3 Republic of Korea66.53%
4 United Arab Emirates66.51%
5 Finland58.56%
6 Mexico49.53%
7 Canada47.03%
8 Belgium45.89%
9 Netherlands40.42%
10 Australia38.52%
11 United Kingdom35.43%
12 Romania34.73%
13 Israel33.73%
14 Chile33.55%
15 Norway30.64%
16 Japan 28.13%
17 Latvia22.77%
18 Serbia20.45%
19 Bulgaria19.55%
20 Denmark18.41%
21 Poland17.86%
22 Iceland17.52%
23 Estonia13.69%
24 Brazil12.62%
25 Italy12.46%
26 Czech Republic12.18%
27 Portugal10.49%
28 Croatia9.61%
29 Spain8.47%
30 Sweden4.99%
31 France4.87%
32 Slovakia3.96%

Note
Belgium: Flanders only. Canada: Alberta only. United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
OECD (2014) TALIS 2013 Results: An International Perspective on Teaching and Learning

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.213509 X +6.570
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 21530.674383 X +32109.472
Correlation coefficient (r)0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 1.842210 X +78.591
Correlation coefficient (r)0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -0.215994 X +1.651
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 2.098024 X +8.751
Correlation coefficient (r)0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015