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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements about yourself? - I try harder when Ifm in competition with other people.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea81.7%
2 Ireland80.7%
3 United States78.4%
4 Hungary77.8%
5 New Zealand77.3%
6 United Kingdom76.9%
7 Italy75.9%
7 Slovenia75.9%
9 Lithuania75.0%
10 Australia74.9%
11 Costa Rica73.3%
12 Canada72.6%
12 Turkiye72.6%
14 Finland72.5%
14 Spain72.5%
16 Czech Republic72.4%
17 Chile72.3%
17 Estonia72.3%
19 Denmark70.8%
20 Latvia70.0%
21 Israel69.8%
22 Mexico69.7%
23 Norway69.2%
24 Austria69.0%
25 Germany68.9%
26 Sweden68.5%
27 Poland68.4%
28 Slovakia68.3%
29 Greece68.1%
30 Japan 67.9%
31 Colombia67.3%
32 Iceland64.1%
33 Netherlands64.0%
34 Luxembourg63.7%
35 Portugal63.6%
36 Switzerland61.4%
37 France59.6%
38 Belgium57.4%

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 = -1.373577 X +7.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -70960.758756 X +94721.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -9.196573 X +86.350
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.874123 X +2.205
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 15.096528 X -0.806
Correlation coefficient (r)0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042