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Question: Do you agree with the following statement: I think that the teaching profession is valued in society.
Choices: "strongly disagree" "disagree" "agree" "strongly agree"
Data: % of "agree" "strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea66.53%
2 Finland58.56%
3 Mexico49.53%
4 Canada47.03%
5 Belgium45.89%
6 Netherlands40.42%
7 Australia38.52%
8 United Kingdom35.43%
9 Israel33.73%
10 Chile33.55%
11 Norway30.64%
12 Japan28.13%
13 Latvia22.77%
14 Denmark18.41%
15 Poland17.86%
16 Iceland17.52%
17 Estonia13.69%
18 Italy12.46%
19 Czech Republic12.18%
20 Portugal10.49%
21 Spain8.47%
22 Sweden 4.99%
23 France4.87%
24 Slovakia3.96%

Note
Belgium: Flanders only. Canada: Alberta only. United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
OECD (2014) TALIS 2013 Results: An International Perspective on Teaching and Learning

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.557502 X +6.618
Correlation coefficient (r)0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 16575.575580 X +38090.648
Correlation coefficient (r)0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.985600 X +79.849
Correlation coefficient (r)0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.270413 X +1.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 8.466500 X +7.713
Correlation coefficient (r)0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156