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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Joyful
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
71 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark97.0%
2 Netherlands96.1%
3 Albania95.9%
4 Peru95.5%
5 Belarus94.8%
6 China94.6%
6 Portugal94.6%
8 Japan94.2%
8 Kazakhstan 94.2%
8 Mexico94.2%
11 North Macedonia94.0%
12 Panama93.7%
12 Spain93.7%
14 Switzerland93.6%
15 Costa Rica93.5%
15 Hong Kong, China93.5%
17 Uruguay93.1%
18 Ukraine93.0%
19 Greece92.8%
20 Indonesia92.7%
21 Moldova92.6%
22 France92.5%
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina92.3%
23 Chile92.3%
25 Colombia92.1%
25 Finland92.1%
25 Montenegro92.1%
25 Romania92.1%
29 Hungary91.9%
29 Kosovo91.9%
31 Sweden91.8%
32 Philippines91.5%
33 Dominican Republic91.2%
33 Taiwan91.2%
35 Croatia91.1%
35 Germany91.1%
37 Italy91.0%
38 Argentina90.9%
39 Austria90.8%
39 Latvia90.8%
41 Republic of Korea90.3%
42 Lithuania90.2%
43 Luxembourg90.1%
44 Brazil89.6%
45 Serbia89.4%
46 Thailand89.3%
47 Russian Federation89.0%
48 Czech Republic88.6%
49 Iceland87.8%
50 Bulgaria87.4%
51 Poland87.3%
52 Slovakia87.1%
53 Ireland87.0%
54 Malta86.9%
55 Macao, China86.5%
56 Canada86.2%
57 Qatar86.0%
58 Brunei Darussalam85.6%
58 Georgia85.6%
60 Saudi Arabia85.5%
61 United States85.0%
62 United Arab Emirates84.5%
63 Malaysia83.4%
64 United Kingdom81.8%
65 Turkiye80.7%
66 Jordan78.1%
67 Estonia78.0%
68 Lebanon76.5%
69 Viet Nam64.1%
70 Slovenia63.9%
71 Morocco50.3%

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 = 2.864950 X +3.610
Correlation coefficient (r)0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 23837.642371 X +6901.641
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 1.844872 X +76.368
Correlation coefficient (r)0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -1.224286 X +2.767
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data67
Regression equation
Y = 10.034711 X +2.088
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016