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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Cheerful
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
71 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark96.7%
2 Kosovo95.9%
3 Kazakhstan95.3%
4 Spain95.2%
5 Portugal94.3%
6 Switzerland94.2%
7 Peru94.1%
7 Ukraine94.1%
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina93.9%
10 France93.6%
11 Panama93.5%
12 Thailand93.4%
13 Croatia93.1%
13 Indonesia93.1%
15 Montenegro92.7%
16 Mexico92.5%
17 Germany92.3%
18 Romania92.1%
19 Uruguay92.0%
20 Colombia91.8%
20 Iceland91.8%
22 Austria91.6%
23 Albania91.5%
24 Costa Rica91.4%
25 Argentina91.3%
25 Malaysia91.3%
27 Lithuania91.0%
28 Serbia90.9%
29 Dominican Republic90.8%
29 Luxembourg90.8%
31 Finland90.6%
31 Viet Nam90.6%
33 Moldova90.4%
34 Georgia89.8%
34 Sweden89.8%
36 North Macedonia89.6%
37 Bulgaria89.3%
37 Latvia89.3%
39 Estonia89.0%
39 Taiwan89.0%
41 Slovakia88.9%
42 Ireland88.8%
43 Chile88.7%
43 Poland88.7%
45 Hong Kong, China88.5%
46 Philippines88.4%
47 Czech Republic88.3%
48 Malta87.9%
49 Slovenia87.0%
50 Republic of Korea86.7%
51 United Arab Emirates86.2%
52 China86.0%
53 Brunei Darussalam85.6%
54 Canada84.9%
55 Qatar84.8%
56 United Kingdom83.8%
57 Belarus83.6%
58 Hungary83.1%
59 Saudi Arabia82.9%
60 Greece82.7%
61 United States82.6%
62 Turkiye82.3%
63 Macao, China82.0%
64 Netherlands81.0%
65 Japan78.9%
66 Brazil78.7%
67 Jordan77.8%
68 Lebanon77.4%
69 Russian Federation75.8%
70 Italy66.1%
71 Morocco 51.9%

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 = 3.159021 X +3.372
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 9715.315875 X +19535.903
Correlation coefficient (r)0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -4.126546 X +81.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -0.177473 X +1.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data67
Regression equation
Y = 9.554555 X +2.582
Correlation coefficient (r)0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012