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

· higher is better · 76 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2012

League table

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  1. 1Sweden1.1
  2. 2Netherlands0.95
  3. 3United States0.81
  4. 4Canada0.72
  5. 5Switzerland0.67
  6. 6Australia0.66
  7. 7Germany0.62
  8. 8Austria0.61
  9. 9Finland0.6
  10. 10United Kingdom0.54
  11. 11Israel0.46
  12. 12China0.4
  13. 13Czechia0.38
  14. 14Korea, Rep.0.37
  15. 15France0.36
  16. 16Botswana0.23
  17. 17Saudi Arabia0.2
  18. 18Spain0.2
  19. 19Moldova0.2
  20. 20Viet Nam0.11
  21. 21Italy0.11
  22. 22Japan0.11
  23. 23Philippines0.1
  24. 24Ghana0.08
  25. 25Bangladesh0.08
  26. 26Poland0.07
  27. 27Bolivia0.07
  28. 28Algeria0.06
  29. 29South Africa0.06
  30. 30Estonia0.03
  31. 31Suriname0.01
  32. 32Malawi-0.05
  33. 33Turkiye-0.05
  34. 34Lithuania-0.06
  35. 35Russian Federation-0.08
  36. 36Kenya-0.08
  37. 37Pakistan-0.08
  38. 38United Arab Emirates-0.09
  39. 39Croatia-0.09
  40. 40Sri Lanka-0.1
  41. 41Mexico-0.11
  42. 42India-0.11
  43. 43Peru-0.11
  44. 44Cambodia-0.12
  45. 45Serbia-0.14
  46. 46Chile-0.16
  47. 47Costa Rica-0.16
  48. 48Ukraine-0.18
  49. 49Nigeria-0.2
  50. 50Afghanistan-0.2
  51. 51Venezuela, RB-0.23
  52. 52Argentina-0.23
  53. 53Thailand-0.23
  54. 54Zimbabwe-0.24
  55. 55Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.25
  56. 56Uganda-0.26
  57. 57Guatemala-0.26
  58. 58Kazakhstan-0.26
  59. 59Brazil-0.26
  60. 60Romania-0.27
  61. 61Morocco-0.31
  62. 62Portugal-0.31
  63. 63Tanzania-0.32
  64. 64Colombia-0.35
  65. 65Greece-0.36
  66. 66Indonesia-0.36
  67. 67Haiti-0.38
  68. 68Iran, Islamic Rep.-0.38
  69. 69Egypt, Arab Rep.-0.38
  70. 70Iraq-0.42
  71. 71Jordan-0.42
  72. 72Cameroon-0.43
  73. 73Hungary-0.43
  74. 74Georgia-0.49
  75. 75Rwanda-0.61
  76. 76Nicaragua-0.61

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