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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Some people are just not good in national language, no matter how hard they study.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
75 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 82.5%
2 Poland75.2%
3 Slovenia74.8%
4 Czech Republic72.8%
5 Netherlands71.2%
6 Lithuania70.7%
7 Slovakia69.8%
8 Albania69.2%
9 France68.3%
10 Portugal67.7%
11 Latvia65.8%
12 Palestinian Territory65.6%
13 Belgium65.5%
14 Moldova65.4%
15 Kosovo65.1%
16 Croatia64.2%
17 Hungary63.5%
17 Romania63.5%
19 Serbia63.1%
20 Morocco62.9%
21 Jordan62.8%
22 Republic of Korea62.2%
23 Canada61.7%
23 Spain61.7%
25 Jamaica61.6%
26 Mongolia61.3%
27 Estonia61.2%
28 Montenegro60.9%
29 Hong Kong, China60.5%
30 Greece60.4%
31 Thailand59.4%
32 Austria59.3%
33 Germany58.2%
34 Finland58.1%
35 Bulgaria58.0%
35 United Kingdom58.0%
37 Azerbaijan57.8%
38 North Macedonia57.5%
39 Panama57.4%
39 Philippines57.4%
41 Uruguay57.1%
42 Malta57.0%
43 Ireland56.8%
43 Mexico56.8%
45 El Salvador56.0%
45 Malaysia56.0%
47 Iceland55.4%
48 Switzerland55.2%
49 Taiwan54.4%
50 Dominican Republic54.3%
51 Colombia53.7%
52 Qatar53.5%
53 Indonesia53.0%
54 Australia51.9%
55 United States51.8%
56 Costa Rica50.9%
57 Ukraine50.7%
58 Macao, China50.5%
59 Chile50.3%
60 Norway50.2%
61 New Zealand49.7%
62 Turkiye47.9%
63 Brunei Darussalam46.3%
64 Brazil46.0%
65 Saudi Arabia45.9%
66 Denmark45.6%
67 Kazakhstan45.0%
68 Italy44.2%
68 Singapore44.2%
70 United Arab Emirates44.1%
71 Argentina44.0%
72 Peru42.4%
73 Uzbekistan41.6%
74 Sweden34.2%
75 Georgia19.2%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of Ukraine are collected from 18 out of 27 regions.

No data for 163 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2022

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data72
Regression equation
Y = -0.201619 X +6.373
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data74
Regression equation
Y = -24921.060680 X +43993.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data74
Regression equation
Y = 3.993983 X +74.761
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data74
Regression equation
Y = -0.952285 X +2.271
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 9.719311 X +3.328
Correlation coefficient (r)0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045