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Question: Thinking about your school: to what extent do you agree with the following statements? - Trying hard at school is important.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
79 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China94.6%
2 Portugal93.9%
3 Japan 93.0%
4 Malaysia92.2%
5 Singapore91.9%
6 Albania91.2%
7 Republic of Korea90.7%
8 Hungary90.6%
9 United Kingdom90.5%
10 Thailand90.1%
11 Brunei Darussalam90.0%
11 United States90.0%
13 Taiwan89.5%
14 Indonesia89.3%
15 Ireland89.2%
16 Hong Kong, China89.0%
17 Kosovo88.8%
18 New Zealand88.6%
19 Spain88.5%
20 Saudi Arabia88.1%
21 Slovenia88.0%
22 Australia87.7%
22 Finland87.7%
22 Italy87.7%
22 Moldova87.7%
26 Peru87.4%
27 North Macedonia87.3%
28 Mexico87.2%
29 Romania87.0%
30 Iceland86.8%
31 Sweden86.7%
32 Switzerland86.6%
33 Estonia86.5%
34 Philippines86.2%
35 Macao, China86.0%
36 Germany85.9%
37 Malta85.4%
38 Luxembourg85.3%
39 Canada84.8%
40 Austria84.2%
41 Colombia84.1%
41 Jordan84.1%
43 United Arab Emirates84.0%
43 Viet Nam84.0%
45 France83.8%
46 Croatia83.3%
47 Greece82.8%
48 Chile82.1%
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina81.7%
49 Uruguay81.7%
51 Brazil81.4%
52 Belgium81.2%
52 Lithuania81.2%
54 Costa Rica80.9%
55 Denmark80.3%
56 Georgia80.1%
56 Kazakhstan80.1%
56 Latvia80.1%
56 Turkiye80.1%
60 Israel79.6%
61 Slovakia79.2%
62 Argentina79.0%
62 Morocco79.0%
64 Qatar78.9%
65 Norway78.8%
66 Belarus78.3%
67 Netherlands78.1%
68 Cyprus77.9%
69 Czech Republic77.8%
70 Ukraine77.3%
71 Bulgaria74.8%
71 Panama74.8%
73 Montenegro74.5%
74 Poland74.4%
75 Russian Federation74.0%
76 Serbia69.5%
77 Azerbaijan67.9%
78 Dominican Republic67.4%
79 Lebanon67.3%

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 data75
Regression equation
Y = 3.681897 X +3.165
Correlation coefficient (r)0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data79
Regression equation
Y = 97912.733229 X -50875.747
Correlation coefficient (r)0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = 28.943705 X +53.182
Correlation coefficient (r)0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data78
Regression equation
Y = -1.653662 X +3.053
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = -0.602917 X +9.372
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000