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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:
79 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malaysia85.7%
2 Albania81.6%
3 Taiwan81.5%
4 Indonesia79.6%
5 China79.3%
6 Peru77.8%
7 Jordan77.4%
8 Turkiye77.3%
9 Brunei Darussalam76.9%
10 North Macedonia76.2%
11 Romania75.2%
12 Viet Nam75.1%
13 Hong Kong, China74.9%
14 Moldova74.4%
15 Saudi Arabia74.1%
16 Singapore73.3%
17 United Arab Emirates73.1%
18 Mexico73.0%
19 Philippines71.7%
20 Macao, China71.6%
21 Thailand70.8%
22 Colombia69.6%
23 Israel67.0%
23 Kosovo67.0%
25 Costa Rica65.8%
26 Malta65.5%
27 Italy65.1%
28 Lithuania65.0%
29 Belarus64.4%
29 Qatar64.4%
29 United States64.4%
32 Chile63.9%
33 Republic of Korea63.1%
34 Hungary62.9%
35 Greece62.0%
35 Latvia62.0%
37 Azerbaijan61.9%
38 Poland61.1%
39 Cyprus61.0%
40 Lebanon60.8%
40 Panama60.8%
40 United Kingdom60.8%
43 Georgia60.7%
44 Australia60.6%
44 Morocco60.6%
46 Bulgaria60.1%
47 Portugal 59.8%
48 Canada59.5%
49 Russian Federation59.3%
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina58.6%
51 Ukraine58.5%
52 New Zealand57.8%
53 Brazil57.7%
54 Iceland57.6%
55 Ireland57.2%
56 Austria56.8%
57 Slovakia56.6%
58 Montenegro56.0%
59 Norway55.4%
60 France54.8%
61 Argentina54.5%
61 Germany54.5%
63 Spain53.0%
64 Japan52.6%
64 Luxembourg52.6%
66 Kazakhstan52.5%
67 Estonia52.4%
68 Dominican Republic52.1%
69 Uruguay51.1%
70 Switzerland50.0%
71 Sweden49.7%
72 Croatia49.5%
72 Denmark49.5%
72 Slovenia49.5%
75 Czech Republic47.9%
76 Netherlands47.6%
77 Finland46.9%
78 Belgium43.9%
79 Serbia42.2%

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 = -3.764249 X +8.555
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.447
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.200

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = -87449.644434 X +85199.625
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = -9.999538 X +84.563
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = 0.590977 X +1.311
Correlation coefficient (r)0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = -29.203148 X +28.926
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222