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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Miserable
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom52.4%
2 Chile50.6%
3 Slovakia46.6%
4 Italy46.1%
5 Japan 45.5%
6 Poland44.4%
7 Luxembourg43.9%
8 Czech Republic43.7%
9 Mexico43.4%
10 Estonia43.1%
11 Hungary41.4%
12 Canada41.0%
12 Germany41.0%
14 Austria40.3%
14 United States40.3%
16 Sweden39.7%
17 Iceland39.3%
18 Switzerland38.2%
19 Spain38.1%
20 Latvia38.0%
21 Portugal37.6%
22 France36.9%
23 Ireland36.2%
24 Greece36.1%
25 Slovenia35.7%
26 Finland31.8%
27 Netherlands30.8%
28 Costa Rica30.7%
29 Republic of Korea29.7%
30 Lithuania29.5%
31 Denmark28.7%
32 Colombia25.2%
33 Turkiye24.3%

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 = 0.574325 X +6.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 31393.597530 X +29501.076
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 3.922780 X +77.923
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.178053 X +1.609
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -5.247393 X +11.842
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007