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Question: Thinking about your school: to what extent do you agree with the following statements? - Trying hard at school will help me get a good job.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal92.6%
2 Japan91.5%
3 Hungary89.1%
3 United Kingdom89.1%
5 Ireland88.4%
6 United States88.0%
7 Italy86.7%
8 Republic of Korea86.5%
9 Australia86.4%
9 New Zealand86.4%
11 Finland86.2%
11 Sweden 86.2%
13 Mexico86.1%
14 Slovenia86.0%
15 Spain84.8%
16 Estonia83.2%
17 Iceland82.5%
18 Canada82.4%
19 Luxembourg82.1%
19 Norway82.1%
21 Chile81.9%
22 Switzerland81.7%
23 France80.8%
24 Israel80.0%
25 Costa Rica79.9%
26 Belgium79.8%
27 Czech Republic79.6%
28 Turkiye79.1%
29 Austria78.8%
30 Denmark77.8%
30 Greece77.8%
32 Lithuania77.6%
33 Germany77.0%
34 Netherlands76.0%
34 Slovakia76.0%
36 Latvia75.7%
37 Poland74.3%
38 Colombia69.7%

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 = 0.569531 X +6.216
Correlation coefficient (r)0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 102445.233067 X -39789.155
Correlation coefficient (r)0.183
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 27.415196 X +57.273
Correlation coefficient (r)0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -1.130063 X +2.518
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 13.079801 X -0.913
Correlation coefficient (r)0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027