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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 "Always"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico54.3%
2 Hungary50.9%
3 Costa Rica50.2%
4 Spain49.1%
5 France 48.3%
6 Portugal46.7%
7 Colombia46.1%
7 Switzerland46.1%
9 Chile45.5%
10 Ireland44.8%
11 Canada44.4%
12 Republic of Korea43.7%
13 Lithuania42.8%
14 Netherlands42.2%
15 United States42.1%
16 Luxembourg41.6%
17 Austria40.9%
18 Estonia37.9%
19 Italy37.7%
19 Slovakia37.7%
21 Iceland37.1%
22 Germany36.8%
23 Latvia36.2%
24 Japan34.7%
25 Poland34.0%
25 United Kingdom34.0%
27 Greece33.5%
28 Sweden32.0%
28 Turkiye32.0%
30 Denmark31.5%
31 Czech Republic31.3%
32 Finland30.5%
33 Slovenia17.9%

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 = -1.160838 X +7.099
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -12253.549180 X +46677.512
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -4.343915 X +81.858
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.141372 X +1.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -9.277618 X +16.211
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015