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Work is very important in life

Where is work most central to life?

Indonesia leads with 93.0 %; 64 countries have data.

No data for 147 of 211 countries

#CountryValue · %Year
1Indonesia93.02018
2Philippines92.82019
3Ethiopia90.72020
4Kenya89.22021
5Libya88.12022
6Zimbabwe87.92020
7Nigeria86.32018
8Tunisia83.52019
9Morocco82.72021
10Iraq80.72018
11Bangladesh80.22018
12Mexico79.72018
13Ecuador78.32018
14Iran, Islamic Rep.77.82020
15Armenia77.62021
16Myanmar77.12020
17Bolivia76.92017
18India76.82023
19Jordan74.22018
20Egypt, Arab Rep.73.82018
21Lebanon72.82018
22Colombia72.42018
23Uruguay71.92022
24Greece71.42017
25Puerto Rico (US)70.22018
26Viet Nam69.92020
27Peru69.52018
28Nicaragua68.92020
29Maldives67.42021
30Venezuela, RB64.52021
31Pakistan63.42018
32Brazil61.32018
33Argentina60.82017
34Guatemala60.82020
35Tajikistan57.92020
36Andorra57.02018
37Uzbekistan56.92022
38Kyrgyz Republic55.82020
39Cyprus55.52019
40Thailand55.42018
41Malaysia54.62018
42Mongolia51.02020
43Chile49.92018
44Kazakhstan49.62018
45Serbia48.12017
46Turkiye46.12018
47Romania45.32018
48China44.72018
49Germany42.82018
50Korea, Rep.42.62018
51Russian Federation41.02017
52Ukraine40.62020
53United States39.72017
54Japan39.72019
55Czechia38.92022
56Slovak Republic37.32022
57United Kingdom36.92022
58Singapore36.42020
59Australia34.32018
60New Zealand32.02020
61Hong Kong SAR, China31.62018
62Canada30.72020
63Macao SAR, China30.22019
64Netherlands25.62022

By region

Europe & Central Asia

Armenia

77.6%

18 countries

East Asia & Pacific

Indonesia

93.0%

15 countries

Latin America & Caribbean

Mexico

79.7%

13 countries

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Libya

88.1%

9 countries

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethiopia

90.7%

4 countries

South Asia

Bangladesh

80.2%

3 countries

North America

United States

39.7%

2 countries

By segment

18-29

  1. Ethiopia90.4
  2. Indonesia90.1
  3. Philippines89.6
  4. Kenya88.8
  5. Zimbabwe86.8

63 countries

30-44

  1. Indonesia94.1
  2. Philippines94.1
  3. Zimbabwe90.3
  4. Kenya89.9
  5. Ethiopia89.6

64 countries

45-64

  1. Philippines96.3
  2. Indonesia95.8
  3. Ethiopia93.3
  4. Libya91.3
  5. Kenya89.2

64 countries

65+

  1. Indonesia86.7
  2. Philippines85.5
  3. Zimbabwe82.8
  4. Tunisia80.2
  5. Lebanon79.4

39 countries

Men

  1. Indonesia93.8
  2. Ethiopia92.6
  3. Philippines92.5
  4. Libya90.8
  5. Kenya90.1

64 countries

Women

  1. Philippines93.2
  2. Indonesia92.2
  3. Zimbabwe88.9
  4. Ethiopia88.7
  5. Kenya88.6

64 countries

Cities

  1. Philippines94.1
  2. Ethiopia92.6
  3. Kenya90.1
  4. Zimbabwe89.6
  5. Indonesia89.3

64 countries

Rural

  1. Indonesia94.5
  2. Philippines91.6
  3. Libya91.0
  4. Ethiopia90.0
  5. Kenya87.9

55 countries

Lower education

  1. Indonesia94.0
  2. Philippines93.5
  3. Ethiopia90.3
  4. Kenya90.1
  5. Zimbabwe87.2

58 countries

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.
Source: World Values Survey · 2017–2023