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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Some people are just not good in national language, no matter how hard they study.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan82.5%
2 Poland75.2%
3 Slovenia74.8%
4 Czech Republic72.8%
5 Netherlands71.2%
6 Lithuania70.7%
7 Slovakia69.8%
8 France68.3%
9 Portugal67.7%
10 Latvia65.8%
11 Belgium 65.5%
12 Hungary63.5%
13 Republic of Korea62.2%
14 Canada61.7%
14 Spain61.7%
16 Estonia61.2%
17 Greece60.4%
18 Austria59.3%
19 Germany58.2%
20 Finland58.1%
21 United Kingdom58.0%
22 Ireland56.8%
22 Mexico56.8%
24 Iceland55.4%
25 Switzerland55.2%
26 Colombia53.7%
27 Australia51.9%
28 United States51.8%
29 Costa Rica50.9%
30 Chile50.3%
31 Norway50.2%
32 New Zealand49.7%
33 Turkiye47.9%
34 Denmark45.6%
35 Italy44.2%
36 Sweden34.2%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of Ukraine are collected from 18 out of 27 regions.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2022

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -1.147480 X +7.338
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -74638.370378 X +86473.821
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -4.966475 X +82.657
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.465462 X +1.831
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 12.472961 X +2.599
Correlation coefficient (r)0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092