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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements? - My life has clear meaning or purpose.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico83.1%
2 Colombia82.1%
3 Turkiye80.2%
4 Costa Rica76.1%
5 Hungary72.8%
6 Chile 71.6%
7 Switzerland70.4%
8 Lithuania70.2%
9 United States69.5%
10 Portugal68.6%
11 France68.5%
12 Slovenia66.9%
13 Spain66.8%
14 Republic of Korea66.4%
15 Austria66.3%
16 Luxembourg66.2%
17 Estonia66.0%
18 Poland65.2%
19 Finland63.9%
20 Italy63.7%
21 Germany63.6%
22 Latvia62.9%
23 Slovakia62.2%
24 Iceland61.4%
25 Greece60.9%
26 Australia60.4%
27 Ireland59.0%
28 Sweden57.0%
29 Czech Republic56.5%
30 Denmark56.4%
31 Japan55.1%
32 United Kingdom54.6%
33 Netherlands53.5%
34 Belgium37.5%

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 4 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -2.726670 X +8.400
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.419
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -114208.305367 X +116199.446
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -23.094747 X +94.507
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.165960 X +1.442
Correlation coefficient (r)0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -12.438578 X +18.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067