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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 "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands96.8%
2 Spain96.2%
3 Ireland95.8%
3 Portugal95.8%
5 Mexico95.6%
6 Costa Rica95.4%
7 Switzerland94.7%
8 Chile93.7%
9 France93.5%
10 Canada93.2%
11 United States92.9%
12 Colombia92.8%
13 United Kingdom92.6%
14 Hungary92.0%
15 Germany91.8%
16 Austria91.4%
17 Luxembourg91.3%
18 Italy91.2%
18 Japan 91.2%
20 Denmark91.1%
21 Iceland90.9%
22 Finland90.8%
23 Lithuania90.3%
24 Greece89.4%
25 Estonia89.1%
26 Sweden88.4%
27 Latvia87.1%
28 Slovakia87.0%
29 Poland86.9%
30 Republic of Korea86.7%
31 Czech Republic86.4%
32 Slovenia82.8%
33 Turkiye81.4%

No data for 5 countries.

Source
PISA 2018 Results (Volume III) : What School Life Means for Studentsf Lives

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 4.866724 X +2.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 209829.326031 X -149563.400
Correlation coefficient (r)0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 17.875554 X +63.149
Correlation coefficient (r)0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.273854 X +1.789
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -27.430399 X +34.810
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058