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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 "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
71 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China98.2%
2 Netherlands96.8%
3 Spain96.2%
4 Ireland95.8%
4 Peru95.8%
4 Portugal95.8%
7 Hong Kong, China95.6%
7 Mexico95.6%
9 Philippines95.5%
10 Costa Rica95.4%
11 Albania95.2%
12 Panama94.9%
13 Switzerland94.7%
14 Croatia94.2%
14 North Macedonia94.2%
16 Kosovo94.1%
17 Uruguay94.0%
18 Malaysia93.8%
18 Taiwan93.8%
20 Chile93.7%
21 Malta93.6%
22 Brunei Darussalam93.5%
22 France93.5%
24 Romania93.3%
25 Canada93.2%
26 United States92.9%
27 Colombia92.8%
27 Montenegro92.8%
29 Kazakhstan 92.7%
30 United Kingdom92.6%
31 Moldova92.4%
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina92.3%
33 Thailand92.1%
34 Belarus92.0%
34 Hungary92.0%
36 Argentina91.9%
36 Dominican Republic91.9%
38 Germany91.8%
39 Austria91.4%
40 Luxembourg91.3%
41 Indonesia91.2%
41 Italy91.2%
41 Japan91.2%
44 Denmark91.1%
45 Iceland90.9%
46 Finland90.8%
46 Ukraine90.8%
48 Lithuania90.3%
49 Brazil90.2%
50 Serbia89.8%
50 United Arab Emirates89.8%
52 Greece89.4%
52 Macao, China89.4%
54 Estonia89.1%
55 Morocco88.4%
55 Sweden88.4%
57 Qatar87.5%
58 Latvia87.1%
59 Slovakia87.0%
60 Poland86.9%
61 Republic of Korea86.7%
62 Bulgaria86.6%
63 Czech Republic86.4%
64 Saudi Arabia85.4%
65 Russian Federation84.7%
66 Viet Nam84.6%
67 Slovenia82.8%
68 Lebanon81.8%
69 Turkiye81.4%
70 Jordan80.6%
71 Georgia73.9%

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 = 7.149506 X -0.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 87394.443513 X -51521.104
Correlation coefficient (r)0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 14.690005 X +64.647
Correlation coefficient (r)0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -1.427793 X +2.980
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data67
Regression equation
Y = -7.836633 X +18.097
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003