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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Happy
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
73 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Albania66.6%
2 Malaysia64.5%
3 Kazakhstan64.4%
4 Kosovo63.2%
5 China62.4%
6 North Macedonia59.8%
7 Montenegro58.9%
8 Philippines58.8%
9 Thailand58.6%
10 Croatia55.2%
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina55.1%
12 Mexico54.3%
13 Indonesia52.1%
14 Peru52.0%
15 Hungary50.9%
16 Costa Rica50.2%
17 Panama49.3%
17 Serbia49.3%
19 Spain49.1%
20 Taiwan49.0%
21 Belarus48.6%
22 France48.3%
23 United Arab Emirates47.6%
24 Brunei Darussalam47.3%
25 Portugal46.7%
26 Colombia46.1%
26 Switzerland46.1%
28 Ukraine45.9%
29 Romania45.7%
30 Chile45.5%
31 Dominican Republic45.4%
32 Moldova45.0%
33 Ireland44.8%
34 Canada44.4%
35 Bulgaria44.2%
36 Brazil44.1%
37 Republic of Korea43.7%
38 Uruguay43.1%
39 Lithuania42.8%
40 Saudi Arabia 42.7%
41 Qatar42.6%
42 Netherlands42.2%
43 Macao, China42.1%
43 United States42.1%
45 Luxembourg41.6%
46 Hong Kong, China41.0%
47 Austria40.9%
48 Russian Federation40.5%
49 Malta40.2%
50 Viet Nam38.3%
51 Estonia37.9%
52 Italy37.7%
52 Slovakia37.7%
54 Iceland37.1%
55 Jordan37.0%
56 Germany36.8%
57 Azerbaijan36.6%
58 Latvia36.2%
59 Argentina36.0%
60 Cyprus35.0%
61 Japan34.7%
62 Poland34.0%
62 United Kingdom34.0%
64 Greece33.5%
65 Morocco32.8%
66 Lebanon32.6%
67 Sweden32.0%
67 Turkiye32.0%
69 Denmark31.5%
70 Czech Republic31.3%
71 Finland30.5%
72 Georgia22.0%
73 Slovenia17.9%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

No data for 165 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data69
Regression equation
Y = -0.412134 X +6.358
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data72
Regression equation
Y = -76561.681998 X +64263.804
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data72
Regression equation
Y = -9.605091 X +82.010
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data72
Regression equation
Y = 0.484507 X +1.416
Correlation coefficient (r)0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data69
Regression equation
Y = -2.907561 X +10.039
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003