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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements about yourself? - I find satisfaction in working as hard as I can.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea91.7%
2 Slovenia89.3%
3 Italy87.4%
4 Mexico86.8%
5 Spain86.0%
6 Poland84.5%
7 Chile84.2%
8 United States83.9%
9 Costa Rica82.7%
10 Greece80.3%
11 Ireland79.8%
12 Canada79.2%
12 Norway79.2%
14 Israel78.8%
15 New Zealand78.6%
16 Portugal78.3%
17 Japan78.0%
18 Australia77.9%
19 Colombia76.4%
19 Czech Republic76.4%
21 Latvia74.1%
21 United Kingdom74.1%
23 Hungary73.3%
24 Turkiye73.0%
25 Slovakia71.9%
26 Lithuania70.8%
27 Denmark66.2%
28 Iceland65.1%
29 France64.5%
30 Austria63.5%
31 Switzerland61.3%
32 Luxembourg61.1%
33 Netherlands59.8%
34 Estonia59.3%
35 Germany59.2%
36 Sweden57.0%
37 Finland 56.6%
38 Belgium38.3%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -1.844078 X +8.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -79337.136068 X +102806.817
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -5.842670 X +84.140
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.375045 X +1.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -5.239460 X +13.705
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021