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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Afraid
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
71 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China86.6%
2 Japan83.2%
3 Hong Kong, China82.6%
4 Portugal77.4%
5 Spain71.1%
6 Philippines69.5%
7 Republic of Korea68.8%
8 United Kingdom65.8%
9 Indonesia61.9%
10 Greece60.3%
11 Brunei Darussalam59.9%
11 Thailand59.9%
13 Luxembourg59.4%
14 Colombia59.0%
15 Czech Republic58.7%
16 Morocco 58.6%
17 Croatia58.2%
18 Netherlands57.9%
19 France57.7%
20 Austria56.0%
21 Bulgaria55.7%
22 Germany54.6%
23 Switzerland53.7%
24 Sweden53.5%
25 Estonia52.8%
26 Malaysia52.6%
27 Slovenia52.3%
28 Lebanon51.8%
29 Finland50.9%
30 Slovakia50.7%
31 Brazil48.0%
32 Macao, China47.1%
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina47.0%
34 Taiwan45.3%
35 Latvia44.8%
36 Malta44.6%
37 Viet Nam44.3%
38 Turkiye44.2%
39 Moldova43.4%
40 United States42.5%
41 North Macedonia42.4%
42 Canada41.5%
43 Jordan41.0%
44 Hungary40.9%
45 Qatar40.2%
46 Albania39.0%
47 Panama38.8%
48 Dominican Republic37.6%
49 Argentina37.3%
49 Kazakhstan37.3%
51 United Arab Emirates36.3%
52 Russian Federation35.5%
53 Ukraine34.7%
54 Ireland33.9%
55 Kosovo32.1%
56 Lithuania31.4%
57 Italy31.1%
58 Costa Rica30.8%
59 Serbia30.7%
60 Romania30.1%
61 Uruguay30.0%
62 Peru29.8%
63 Mexico29.3%
64 Belarus28.8%
65 Iceland28.3%
66 Chile26.2%
67 Montenegro25.2%
67 Poland25.2%
69 Georgia24.5%
70 Denmark23.1%
71 Saudi Arabia20.1%

No data for 167 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 data68
Regression equation
Y = -0.216506 X +6.256
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 25411.090479 X +16282.911
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 8.190896 X +74.190
Correlation coefficient (r)0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -0.624057 X +1.972
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data67
Regression equation
Y = -2.870222 X +12.306
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005