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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Sad
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye12.8%
2 Japan 11.2%
3 United States10.6%
4 Republic of Korea9.8%
5 Estonia9.0%
6 Slovakia8.9%
7 Canada8.4%
7 United Kingdom8.4%
9 Latvia7.7%
10 Poland7.6%
11 Chile7.5%
12 Czech Republic6.3%
13 Luxembourg6.1%
14 Italy5.9%
14 Mexico5.9%
16 Costa Rica5.8%
16 Lithuania5.8%
18 Iceland5.5%
19 Colombia5.3%
19 Greece5.3%
21 Austria5.2%
21 Hungary5.2%
21 Sweden5.2%
24 Ireland4.9%
24 Slovenia4.9%
26 France4.6%
27 Finland3.6%
27 Germany3.6%
29 Spain3.4%
29 Switzerland3.4%
31 Portugal3.0%
32 Denmark2.9%
33 Netherlands2.2%

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 = -11.967282 X +7.365
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.526
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.277

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -261265.112537 X +57886.117
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -38.136839 X +81.813
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.607337 X +1.578
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 26.655637 X +8.159
Correlation coefficient (r)0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025