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Personal value statistics: Appreciation

Appreciation appeared in the ranked ten of 14.2% of the 2,131,634 assessments completed since 2020, which makes it the 31st most frequently ranked of the 62 core values.

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At a glance, 2020 to 2026

Appearance rateof assessments rank it in their ten. 31st of 62 values.
14.2%
First placeof assessments put it first. 42nd of 62 on this measure.
0.5%
Top threeof assessments put it in the top three. 17% of those who rank it.
2.4%
Average positionis its mean position, out of ten, where it is ranked at all.
6.3

In the overall ranking appreciation sits just below Adventure (14.6%) and just above Privacy (14.1%).

How the Popularity of Appreciation Has Changed

In 2020 appreciation appeared in 11.7% of assessments and ranked 40th. In 2026 so far it appeared in 15.0% and ranked 26th, a rise of 3.3 percentage points.

Pick a measure, and read it by year or month by month. A month holds a few thousand assessments, so it moves more than a year does. The gaps are months the archive has no data for.

Appreciation, year by year

Each rank is among the 62 values that year, by appearance rate. The arrow is its move from the year before.

Appreciation by year: assessments, appearance rate and rank, first place, top three and average position
YearAssessmentsAppearance rateRankFirst placeTop threeAverage position
202084,37811.7%40th0.4%1.9%6.4
2021224,09613.9%35th▲50.5%2.5%6.2
2022179,27113.9%34th▲10.5%2.4%6.2
2023397,24914.0%30th▲40.5%2.5%6.2
2024460,24414.2%30th0.6%2.5%6.2
2025449,23314.7%27th▲30.5%2.4%6.4
2026 so far337,16315.0%26th▲10.6%2.5%6.4

2020 holds 6 months of data and 2022 holds 7 months of data, so their figures cover part of the year. 2026 covers January to October 2026.

Appreciation by Country

Of the 26 countries with enough assessments to publish, participants in Malaysia rank appreciation most often, at 20.9%, and those in France least often, at 10.5%.

Country is recorded for the assessments from December 2025 to October 2026, so this section reads those 300,899 assessments and compares each country with all of them.

Where appreciation is ranked most often

15.3% of participants rank appreciation in their top ten, from 20.9% in Malaysia to 10.5% in France. Tap or hover a country to see its top values.

  • 10–12%
  • 12–14%
  • 14–16%
  • 16–17%
  • 17–19%
  • 19–21%
  • too few assessments
Appearance rate of appreciation by country, December 2025 to October 2026
CountryAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Malaysia
20.9%
+5.611th of 62
Egypt
18.5%
+3.222nd of 62
United Kingdom
17.9%
+2.620th of 62
Netherlands
17.9%
+2.619th of 62
Singapore
17.8%
+2.523rd of 62
United Arab Emirates
17.7%
+2.419th of 62
Germany
17.5%
+2.223rd of 62
Indonesia
17.5%
+2.223rd of 62
Saudi Arabia
17.1%
+1.822nd of 62
Philippines
16.9%
+1.621st of 62
Australia
16.8%
+1.520th of 62
Ireland
16.4%
+1.124th of 62
Vietnam
16.3%
+1.025th of 62
Romania
16.3%
+1.024th of 62
New Zealand
15.8%
+0.526th of 62
Canada
15.1%
−0.227th of 62
United States
14.9%
−0.429th of 62
South Africa
14.2%
−1.131st of 62
Hong Kong SAR China
14.1%
−1.225th of 62
Switzerland
14.0%
−1.331st of 62
Brazil
12.9%
−2.436th of 62
Italy
12.1%
−3.236th of 62
India
12.0%
−3.338th of 62
Mexico
11.6%
−3.738th of 62
Poland
11.1%
−4.238th of 62
France
10.5%
−4.841st of 62

Every assessment with a known country, 15.3%

Appreciation by Age

Appreciation is ranked more often with age, from 13.2% of assessments among participants under 18 to 12.8% among those 65 and over, about 0.8 points per band.

Age is an optional question after the ranking, so this section reads the 75,449 assessments from December 2025 to October 2026 whose participants gave one. A difference between bands mixes what changes as people age with what differs between generations.

Appearance rate of appreciation by age band, December 2025 to October 2026
AgeAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Under 18
13.2%
−2.436th of 62
18–24
13.8%
−1.735th of 62
25–34
17.1%
+1.622nd of 62
35–44
18.3%
+2.821st of 62
45–54
17.0%
+1.521st of 62
55–64
15.4%
−0.129th of 62
65 and over
12.8%
−2.737th of 62

Everyone who gave an age, 15.5%

Appreciation by Gender

Women rank appreciation more often than men, by 2.9 percentage points.

Gender is optional too, asked beside age, so this section reads the 73,168 assessments from December 2025 to October 2026 whose participants gave one. “Prefer not to say” is counted in no group.

Appearance rate of appreciation by gender, December 2025 to October 2026
GenderAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Women
16.7%
+1.222nd of 62
Men
13.9%
−1.733rd of 62
Non-binary
13.2%
−2.335th of 62

Everyone who gave a gender, 15.6%

About These Figures

Every figure on this page is a share of completed assessments on Personalvalu.es, read from the same aggregates as the Global Values Research. The appearance rate is how often appreciation is among a participant's ten most important values. It is not a score, and a difference between groups describes the participants in them without explaining it.

How the aggregates are built, and why some countries and groups are left out, is set out in the methodology. Month-by-month figures for every value are in the monthly archive.

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