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Question: How much confidence do you have in schools and the educational system?
Choices: "Complete confidence" "A great deal of confidence" "Some confidence" "Very little confidence" "No confidence at all"
Data: % of "Complete confidence" "A great deal of confidence" "Some confidence"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium96.6%
2 Finland96.1%
3 Sri Lanka94.3%
4 Switzerland93.8%
5 Poland92.3%
6 Denmark92.2%
7 Indonesia92.0%
8 Slovenia91.8%
9 Norway88.8%
10 Latvia88.7%
10 Netherlands88.7%
12 Czech Republic88.2%
13 South Africa88.0%
14 Ireland87.8%
14 Tanzania87.8%
16 Taiwan87.6%
17 Philippines87.1%
18 Cyprus86.9%
19 Australia86.6%
20 United Kingdom86.5%
21 Austria86.2%
22 Russian Federation86.1%
23 Uruguay85.7%
24 Slovakia84.9%
25 New Zealand84.5%
26 Germany84.0%
27 Portugal83.3%
28 Dominican Republic82.7%
28 Spain82.7%
30 France81.7%
31 United States81.2%
32 Hungary81.1%
33 Kenya79.8%
34 Turkiye78.3%
35 Italy78.1%
36 Sweden76.6%
37 Republic of Korea76.4%
38 Venezuela74.1%
39 Croatia73.4%
40 Ukraine71.9%
41 Mexico71.2%
42 Israel69.8%
43 Japan 63.4%
44 Chile59.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 1.403667 X +5.123
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 77821.022990 X -30888.077
Correlation coefficient (r)0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 1.024263 X +76.433
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 0.327030 X +1.518
Correlation coefficient (r)0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 6.856554 X +4.453
Correlation coefficient (r)0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012