social2012

Patience (time preference) (Falk et al. (2018) GPS)

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2012; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data76 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
-0.0value
Median: -0.1value
Countries Covered
76
with available data
Highest
Sweden
1.1value
Lowest
Nicaragua
-0.6value
Top 5 Countries
1Sweden1.1value
2Netherlands1.0value
3United States of America0.8value
4Canada0.7value
5Switzerland0.7value
By Region
Oceania0.7value(1 countries)
North America0.3value(4 countries)
Europe0.2value(21 countries)
Asia-0.0value(19 countries)
Africa-0.1value(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-0.6value)High (1.1value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: -0.0value)

Oceania (1)
North America (4)
Europe (21)
Asia (19)
Africa (7)
Other (19)
South America (5)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2012; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Sweden1.1value
2Netherlands1.0value
3United States of America0.8value
4Canada0.7value
5Switzerland0.7value
6Australia0.7value
7Germany0.6value
8Austria0.6value
9Finland0.6value
10United Kingdom0.5value
11Israel0.5value
12People's Republic of China0.4value
13Czech Republic0.4value
14South Korea0.4value
15France0.4value
16Botswana0.2value
17Saudi Arabia0.2value
18Spain0.2value
19Moldova, Republic of0.2value
20Vietnam0.1value
21Italy0.1value
22Japan0.1value
23Philippines0.1value
24Ghana0.1value
25Bangladesh0.1value
26Poland0.1value
27Bolivia0.1value
28Algeria0.1value
29South Africa0.1value
30Estonia0.0value
31Suriname0.0value
32Malawi-0.0value
33Türkiye-0.0value
34Lithuania-0.1value
35Russian Federation-0.1value
36Kenya-0.1value
37Pakistan-0.1value
38United Arab Emirates-0.1value
39Croatia-0.1value
40Sri Lanka-0.1value
41Mexico-0.1value
42India-0.1value
43Peru-0.1value
44Cambodia-0.1value
45Serbia-0.1value
46Chile-0.2value
47Costa Rica-0.2value
48Ukraine-0.2value
49Nigeria-0.2value
50Afghanistan-0.2value
51Venezuela-0.2value
52Argentina-0.2value
53Thailand-0.2value
54Zimbabwe-0.2value
55Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.2value
56Uganda-0.3value
57Guatemala-0.3value
58Kazakhstan-0.3value
59Brazil-0.3value
60Romania-0.3value
61Morocco-0.3value
62Portugal-0.3value
63United Republic of Tanzania-0.3value
64Colombia-0.3value
65Greece-0.4value
66Indonesia-0.4value
67Haiti-0.4value
68Islamic Republic of Iran-0.4value
69Egypt-0.4value
70Iraq-0.4value
71Jordan-0.4value
72Cameroon-0.4value
73Hungary-0.4value
74Georgia-0.5value
75Rwanda-0.6value
76Nicaragua-0.6value
Showing 76 of 76 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2012).

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