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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Joyful
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark97.0%
2 Netherlands96.1%
3 Portugal94.6%
4 Japan94.2%
4 Mexico94.2%
6 Spain93.7%
7 Switzerland93.6%
8 Costa Rica93.5%
9 Greece92.8%
10 France92.5%
11 Chile 92.3%
12 Colombia92.1%
12 Finland92.1%
14 Hungary91.9%
15 Sweden91.8%
16 Germany91.1%
17 Italy91.0%
18 Austria90.8%
18 Latvia90.8%
20 Republic of Korea90.3%
21 Lithuania90.2%
22 Luxembourg90.1%
23 Czech Republic88.6%
24 Iceland87.8%
25 Poland87.3%
26 Slovakia87.1%
27 Ireland87.0%
28 Canada86.2%
29 United States85.0%
30 United Kingdom81.8%
31 Turkiye80.7%
32 Estonia78.0%
33 Slovenia63.9%

No data for 5 countries.

Source
PISA 2018 Results (Volume III) : What School Life Means for Studentsf Lives

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.507973 X +5.288
Correlation coefficient (r)0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 33722.524557 X +11649.600
Correlation coefficient (r)0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 6.833484 X +74.018
Correlation coefficient (r)0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.502567 X +1.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -13.557521 X +24.635
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022