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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 into a good college.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
79 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China93.7%
2 Ireland93.5%
3 Albania92.8%
3 Finland 92.8%
5 Singapore92.5%
6 Republic of Korea92.4%
7 Macao, China92.1%
7 Portugal92.1%
7 United States92.1%
10 Japan91.9%
11 Malaysia91.7%
12 New Zealand91.2%
13 Kosovo90.9%
14 Belarus90.5%
15 Brunei Darussalam90.2%
16 United Kingdom90.0%
17 Indonesia89.8%
18 Hungary89.7%
19 Saudi Arabia89.6%
20 Croatia89.4%
21 Thailand89.3%
22 Taiwan89.0%
23 France88.9%
24 Hong Kong, China88.8%
25 Romania88.7%
26 Australia88.4%
27 Estonia88.2%
28 North Macedonia88.1%
29 Poland88.0%
30 Iceland87.5%
30 Malta87.5%
32 Norway87.4%
33 Canada87.3%
34 Slovenia87.1%
35 Luxembourg86.8%
35 Moldova86.8%
37 Turkiye86.7%
38 Sweden86.2%
39 Colombia86.1%
39 Latvia86.1%
39 Mexico86.1%
42 United Arab Emirates86.0%
43 Philippines85.8%
44 Jordan85.2%
44 Peru85.2%
46 Russian Federation84.8%
47 Belgium84.7%
47 Czech Republic84.7%
49 Kazakhstan83.9%
50 Chile83.8%
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina83.7%
51 Montenegro83.7%
53 Cyprus83.4%
53 Italy83.4%
55 Switzerland83.0%
56 Spain82.5%
57 Brazil82.4%
58 Georgia82.3%
59 Denmark82.1%
59 Qatar82.1%
61 Israel82.0%
62 Greece81.6%
63 Ukraine81.2%
64 Viet Nam81.1%
65 Lithuania80.9%
65 Slovakia80.9%
67 Costa Rica80.8%
68 Austria80.0%
69 Uruguay79.9%
70 Netherlands79.8%
71 Serbia79.1%
72 Bulgaria78.9%
73 Morocco78.5%
74 Germany77.8%
75 Argentina76.8%
76 Panama75.3%
77 Lebanon71.8%
78 Azerbaijan69.8%
79 Dominican Republic68.5%

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

No data for 159 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 3.651023 X +3.101
Correlation coefficient (r)0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = 116173.535978 X -68883.191
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = 15.257701 X +65.315
Correlation coefficient (r)0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = -2.392623 X +3.721
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.307
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 20.471782 X -6.582
Correlation coefficient (r)0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032