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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements about yourself? - It is important for me to perform better than other people on a task.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye77.3%
2 Mexico73.0%
3 Colombia69.6%
4 Israel67.0%
5 Costa Rica65.8%
6 Italy65.1%
7 Lithuania65.0%
8 United States64.4%
9 Chile63.9%
10 Republic of Korea63.1%
11 Hungary62.9%
12 Greece62.0%
12 Latvia62.0%
14 Poland61.1%
15 United Kingdom60.8%
16 Australia60.6%
17 Portugal59.8%
18 Canada59.5%
19 New Zealand57.8%
20 Iceland57.6%
21 Ireland57.2%
22 Austria56.8%
23 Slovakia56.6%
24 Norway55.4%
25 France54.8%
26 Germany54.5%
27 Spain53.0%
28 Japan 52.6%
28 Luxembourg52.6%
30 Estonia52.4%
31 Switzerland50.0%
32 Sweden49.7%
33 Denmark49.5%
33 Slovenia49.5%
35 Czech Republic47.9%
36 Netherlands47.6%
37 Finland46.9%
38 Belgium43.9%

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 = -4.196252 X +9.125
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -165509.831073 X +142788.005
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -18.945250 X +91.398
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.133574 X +0.857
Correlation coefficient (r)0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -16.462837 X +19.431
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092