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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Cheerful
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
73 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Kazakhstan70.4%
2 Thailand64.2%
3 Malaysia61.9%
4 Kosovo61.8%
5 Montenegro60.7%
6 Ukraine59.0%
7 Indonesia57.7%
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina57.3%
9 Albania56.2%
10 Croatia54.6%
11 France53.4%
12 Denmark52.4%
13 Peru51.2%
14 Serbia51.0%
15 Spain49.8%
16 North Macedonia49.7%
16 Romania49.7%
18 Bulgaria49.0%
19 Georgia48.5%
19 Switzerland48.5%
21 Mexico48.0%
22 Latvia47.9%
23 Moldova46.9%
23 Portugal46.9%
25 Austria45.9%
25 Colombia45.9%
25 Panama45.9%
28 Lithuania45.6%
29 Luxembourg45.0%
30 Viet Nam44.7%
31 Jordan44.6%
32 Germany44.4%
33 Taiwan44.3%
34 United Arab Emirates44.1%
35 Costa Rica43.8%
36 Saudi Arabia43.2%
37 Hungary42.7%
38 Estonia42.1%
39 Chile41.8%
40 Slovakia41.3%
41 Dominican Republic41.0%
42 Argentina40.7%
43 Poland40.4%
44 Philippines40.3%
44 Republic of Korea40.3%
46 Uruguay40.0%
47 Qatar38.5%
48 Sweden38.1%
49 Turkiye37.9%
50 Belarus37.8%
50 Brunei Darussalam37.8%
52 Macao, China37.0%
53 Iceland36.8%
54 Malta36.7%
55 Azerbaijan36.5%
56 Czech Republic35.9%
57 Hong Kong, China33.3%
58 Canada32.8%
59 Finland32.6%
60 Greece32.5%
61 Ireland31.4%
61 Russian Federation31.4%
63 Slovenia30.5%
64 China30.3%
64 Cyprus30.3%
66 United States30.1%
67 Japan 29.4%
68 Brazil27.4%
69 Lebanon26.2%
70 United Kingdom25.4%
71 Italy21.8%
72 Netherlands18.8%
73 Morocco10.6%

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 = -0.143921 X +6.238
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -58819.588161 X +52936.243
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data72
Regression equation
Y = -13.541803 X +82.653
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data72
Regression equation
Y = 0.646416 X +1.390
Correlation coefficient (r)0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data69
Regression equation
Y = 3.358322 X +7.349
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006