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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you lost confidence in yourself?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan12.0%
2 Portugal11.5%
3 United Kingdom11.4%
4 Republic of Korea11.1%
5 Turkiye10.5%
6 Russian Federation10.3%
7 France10.1%
8 Belgium9.5%
9 Italy8.8%
10 South Africa8.5%
11 Bulgaria8.4%
11 Chile8.4%
13 Australia7.9%
14 Sweden7.4%
15 Croatia7.3%
15 Israel7.3%
17 Lithuania6.7%
18 Denmark6.5%
19 Norway6.4%
20 Finland 6.1%
21 Spain5.9%
22 Germany5.2%
23 Czech Republic5.1%
24 United States4.9%
25 Philippines4.8%
26 Poland4.7%
27 Netherlands4.6%
28 Taiwan4.3%
29 China4.0%
30 Slovakia3.8%
31 Slovenia3.1%
32 Switzerland1.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -10.408603 X +7.261
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -175122.018653 X +50196.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 11.312574 X +78.415
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.480819 X +1.730
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 30.394272 X +11.118
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017