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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France53.4%
2 Denmark52.4%
3 Spain49.8%
4 Switzerland48.5%
5 Mexico48.0%
6 Latvia47.9%
7 Portugal46.9%
8 Austria45.9%
8 Colombia45.9%
10 Lithuania45.6%
11 Luxembourg45.0%
12 Germany44.4%
13 Costa Rica43.8%
14 Hungary42.7%
15 Estonia42.1%
16 Chile41.8%
17 Slovakia41.3%
18 Poland40.4%
19 Republic of Korea40.3%
20 Sweden38.1%
21 Turkiye37.9%
22 Iceland36.8%
23 Czech Republic35.9%
24 Canada32.8%
25 Finland32.6%
26 Greece32.5%
27 Ireland31.4%
28 Slovenia30.5%
29 United States30.1%
30 Japan 29.4%
31 United Kingdom25.4%
32 Italy21.8%
33 Netherlands18.8%

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 = -0.456824 X +6.798
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -35571.867385 X +55598.995
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -11.458625 X +83.948
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.187648 X +1.466
Correlation coefficient (r)0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.397660 X +9.665
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000