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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Joyful
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
73 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Albania64.1%
2 Kazakhstan63.3%
3 Mexico57.7%
4 Peru57.1%
5 Belarus55.1%
6 Ukraine55.0%
7 North Macedonia54.8%
8 Hungary54.3%
9 Kosovo54.2%
10 Moldova53.7%
11 Indonesia53.4%
12 Montenegro52.0%
13 Costa Rica51.2%
14 Colombia50.9%
15 Philippines50.5%
16 Denmark49.7%
17 Panama49.6%
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina49.5%
19 France49.4%
20 Spain49.0%
21 Chile48.9%
22 Thailand48.0%
23 Portugal47.5%
24 Saudi Arabia46.6%
25 Malaysia46.5%
26 Russian Federation45.8%
27 Brazil45.5%
28 Switzerland45.3%
29 Romania45.1%
30 Croatia44.5%
31 Republic of Korea44.4%
32 Serbia43.7%
33 Uruguay43.4%
34 Greece43.3%
35 Netherlands43.2%
36 Taiwan42.9%
37 Azerbaijan42.7%
38 Austria42.4%
39 Bulgaria42.3%
39 Dominican Republic42.3%
41 Italy42.2%
42 Latvia41.9%
43 Lithuania40.8%
44 Luxembourg40.4%
45 United Arab Emirates40.0%
46 Cyprus39.2%
47 Germany38.8%
48 Qatar37.9%
49 Japan 37.4%
49 Poland37.4%
51 Sweden37.2%
52 Brunei Darussalam37.0%
53 Argentina36.8%
54 Jordan36.6%
55 Slovakia36.4%
56 Macao, China36.3%
57 Georgia35.7%
58 China35.0%
59 Malta32.6%
60 Czech Republic32.3%
61 Canada31.9%
62 Turkiye31.7%
63 United States31.3%
64 Hong Kong, China31.2%
65 Finland30.8%
66 Lebanon30.0%
67 Iceland29.1%
68 Estonia28.7%
69 Ireland26.7%
70 United Kingdom21.9%
71 Viet Nam14.2%
72 Slovenia12.2%
73 Morocco10.1%

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 = -0.207931 X +6.264
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -68931.249411 X +56823.257
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data72
Regression equation
Y = -15.009903 X +83.189
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data72
Regression equation
Y = 0.294337 X +1.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data69
Regression equation
Y = 0.958859 X +8.367
Correlation coefficient (r)0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000