For display and readability reasons, the bars might be slightly offset from the official boundaries of the continent. The countries considered for each continent remain the same as in the official World Bank delimitation. North America Latin America& the Caribbean The Middle East& North Africa Personal values and virtues Environmental protection Social causes Wellbeing Others Practical life skills Emotional and behavioral skills Self-actualization Adaptative and organizational skills Interpersonal and teamwork skills Life and purpose 58 % 10% 12 % 6 % 6 % 37 % 11% 12 % 9 % 8 % 54 % 9 % 12 % 6 % 6 % To build this desired future, what we must all learn... in life is… North America Personal values and virtues Social causes Interpersonal and teamwork skills Environ-mental protection Self-actualization 58 % 10% 12 % 6 % 6 % More than half of participants who grew up in North America highlight the importance of learning personal values and virtues from life. Kindness and empathy are frequently cited. They also want to improve their interpersonal and teamwork skills (11%) and their sensitivity to social causes (10%). Environmental protection is listed in just fourth position (5%). Young people from this region are concerned for their general well-being (5%), emphasizing elements such as happiness, mental health, self-awareness, and, finally, self-love and taking care of themselves. The Middle East & North Africa Personal values and virtues Interper-sonal and teamwork skills Self-actualization Life andpurpose Others 37 % 11% 12 % 9 % 8 % Personal values and virtues are the main lessons that participants from the Middle East and North Africa want to learn. Furthermore, for young people from this region, the second most important topic is self-actualization (12%). These respondents are also characterized by an interest in experiences and their influence on life (the meaning of life: 9%). Concepts linked to emotions and behavior are significantly more present than in other regions. Respondents highlight qualities such as patience and positivity. However, the environment receives less attention and is in last place (2%). Latin America & the Caribbean Personal values and virtues Self-actualization Interper-sonal and teamwork skills Life and purpose Wellbeing 54 % 9 % 12 % 6 % 6 % Latin America follows a similar trend to the rest of the world, with the same three topics heading the list. However, the life and goals group of responses comes fourth (8%). These participants see life experiences as particularly important, and they highlight the need to learn lessons from them. Well-being is ranked fifth (6%) and environmental protection sixth (5%). Europe & Central Asia Personalvalues andvirtues Environ-mental protection Interper-sonal and teamwork skills Social causes Self-actualization 52 % 12 % 14 % 7 % 7 % More than 50% of participants from Europe and Central Asia state that personal values and virtues are essential skills in life, particularly the value of respect. Interpersonal and teamwork skills are the second most common topic in this region. However, there is a focus on the environment: environmental protection places third (11%), followed by social causes and self-actualization. Sub-Saharan Africa Learning personal values and virtues is essential in life, according to 40% of participants who grew up in a Sub-Saharan African country. They also value developing professional skills (5%) particularly highly. Personal values and virtues Self-actualization Interper-sonal and teamwork skills Life andpurpose Others 41 % 8 % 9 % 8 % 8 % South Asia In South Asia, young people frequently mention the development of personal qualities such as determination, integrity, and self-management. As in the Middle East and North Africa, they are particularly interested in emotional and behavioral skills, which include behavior in general, patience, and positivity. The environment, however, is not as strongly represented among this population group, and is ranked last (5%). Personal values and virtues Life andpurpose Self-actualization Emotional and behavioral skills Practicallife skills 25 % 10 % 12 % 8 % 7 % East Asia & the Pacific For young people from East Asia and the Pacific, the main topics that people should learn in life are personal values and virtues (25%), followed by interpersonal and teamwork skills, and finally, practical skills (14%). Remarkably, adaptive and organizational skills account for the top five response groups in this region. Personal values and virtues Practicallife skills Interper-sonal and teamwork skills Self-actualization Adaptative and organi-zational skills 26 % 14 % 19 % 9 % 6 %