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Personal value statistics: Determination

Determination appeared in the ranked ten of 10.0% of the 2,131,634 assessments completed since 2020, which makes it the 45th 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. 45th of 62 values.
10.0%
First placeof assessments put it first. 44th of 62 on this measure.
0.5%
Top threeof assessments put it in the top three. 19% of those who rank it.
1.9%
Average positionis its mean position, out of ten, where it is ranked at all.
6.2

In the overall ranking determination sits just below Tolerance (10.4%) and just above Ambition (9.9%).

How the Popularity of Determination Has Changed

In 2020 determination appeared in 10.1% of assessments and ranked 45th. In 2026 so far it appeared in 12.4% and ranked 40th, a rise of 2.2 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.

Determination, year by year

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

Determination by year: assessments, appearance rate and rank, first place, top three and average position
YearAssessmentsAppearance rateRankFirst placeTop threeAverage position
202084,37810.1%45th0.5%1.9%6.3
2021224,0969.7%45th0.5%1.7%6.4
2022179,2719.6%45th0.5%1.8%6.3
2023397,2499.7%47th▼20.5%1.8%6.3
2024460,2449.5%47th0.5%1.8%6.3
2025449,2339.4%45th▲20.4%1.7%6.3
2026 so far337,16312.4%40th▲50.8%2.8%5.9

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.

Determination by Country

Of the 26 countries with enough assessments to publish, participants in France rank determination most often, at 21.6%, and those in Hong Kong SAR China least often, at 7.6%.

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 determination is ranked most often

12.1% of participants rank determination in their top ten, from 21.6% in France to 7.6% in Hong Kong SAR China. Tap or hover a country to see its top values.

  • 7–10%
  • 10–12%
  • 12–15%
  • 15–17%
  • 17–20%
  • 20–22%
  • too few assessments
Appearance rate of determination by country, December 2025 to October 2026
CountryAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
France
21.6%
+9.517th of 62
Brazil
16.9%
+4.825th of 62
Mexico
16.8%
+4.723rd of 62
Italy
14.9%
+2.826th of 62
Ireland
14.7%
+2.629th of 62
Switzerland
14.4%
+2.330th of 62
Vietnam
13.7%
+1.531st of 62
New Zealand
13.5%
+1.338th of 62
Malaysia
13.5%
+1.335th of 62
Australia
12.8%
+0.740th of 62
Canada
12.5%
+0.338th of 62
United States
12.4%
+0.338th of 62
Romania
12.4%
+0.337th of 62
United Kingdom
12.3%
+0.237th of 62
South Africa
11.9%
−0.237th of 62
Netherlands
10.7%
−1.443rd of 62
Singapore
10.7%
−1.443rd of 62
United Arab Emirates
10.7%
−1.447th of 62
Philippines
10.6%
−1.538th of 62
Germany
9.6%
−2.548th of 62
Saudi Arabia
9.2%
−2.952nd of 62
Indonesia
9.1%
−3.050th of 62
Poland
9.0%
−3.244th of 62
India
8.5%
−3.650th of 62
Egypt
8.0%
−4.151st of 62
Hong Kong SAR China
7.6%
−4.548th of 62

Every assessment with a known country, 12.1%

Determination by Age

Determination holds roughly level across the age bands, from 13.4% among participants under 18 to 13.1% among those 65 and over.

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 determination by age band, December 2025 to October 2026
AgeAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Under 18
13.4%
+0.735th of 62
18–24
12.2%
−0.541st of 62
25–34
11.5%
−1.243rd of 62
35–44
12.9%
+0.235th of 62
45–54
13.5%
+0.834th of 62
55–64
14.1%
+1.432nd of 62
65 and over
13.1%
+0.434th of 62

Everyone who gave an age, 12.7%

Determination by Gender

Men rank determination more often than women, by 1.6 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 determination by gender, December 2025 to October 2026
GenderAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Women
12.1%
−0.636th of 62
Men
13.7%
+1.034th of 62
Non-binary
10.3%
−2.443rd of 62

Everyone who gave a gender, 12.7%

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 determination 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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