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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico54.3%
2 Hungary50.9%
3 Costa Rica50.2%
4 Spain49.1%
5 France48.3%
6 Portugal46.7%
7 Colombia46.1%
7 Switzerland46.1%
9 Chile45.5%
10 Ireland44.8%
11 Canada44.4%
12 Republic of Korea43.7%
13 Lithuania42.8%
14 Netherlands42.2%
15 United States42.1%
16 Luxembourg41.6%
17 Austria40.9%
18 Estonia37.9%
19 Italy37.7%
19 Slovakia37.7%
21 Iceland37.1%
22 Germany36.8%
23 Latvia36.2%
24 Japan 34.7%
25 Poland34.0%
25 United Kingdom34.0%
27 Greece33.5%
28 Sweden32.0%
28 Turkiye32.0%
30 Denmark31.5%
31 Czech Republic31.3%
32 Finland30.5%
33 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 5 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.909893 X +6.981
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -7136.341514 X +44427.400
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -9.838385 X +83.352
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.319588 X +1.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -6.866844 X +12.557
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015