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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Scared
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
71 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hong Kong, China65.4%
2 Indonesia63.0%
3 Philippines61.1%
4 Japan60.7%
5 Brunei Darussalam59.9%
6 China58.6%
7 Czech Republic54.6%
8 Malta48.2%
9 Republic of Korea47.9%
10 Thailand45.8%
11 United States44.7%
12 Morocco42.8%
13 Lebanon41.7%
14 Brazil41.3%
15 Viet Nam41.0%
16 Italy40.6%
17 Argentina39.7%
18 United Kingdom38.8%
19 Canada38.4%
20 Greece38.3%
20 Qatar38.3%
22 Macao, China38.0%
23 Colombia37.9%
24 Albania37.7%
25 Malaysia37.4%
26 Croatia37.2%
27 United Arab Emirates36.8%
28 Latvia36.6%
29 Ireland36.2%
30 Bosnia and Herzegovina35.8%
31 Jordan35.4%
32 Luxembourg35.3%
33 Kosovo35.2%
34 Denmark34.5%
35 Slovakia34.4%
36 Estonia33.6%
37 Romania33.3%
37 Sweden33.3%
39 Bulgaria32.9%
40 Austria32.3%
41 Kazakhstan 32.2%
42 Panama31.2%
43 Saudi Arabia31.0%
43 Spain31.0%
45 Lithuania30.7%
45 Poland30.7%
47 Switzerland29.8%
48 Portugal29.7%
49 Hungary29.6%
50 Mexico29.1%
51 Belarus28.9%
52 Dominican Republic28.8%
53 Netherlands28.7%
54 France28.3%
55 Germany28.2%
56 Russian Federation27.5%
57 Peru27.4%
58 Georgia27.2%
59 Ukraine26.8%
60 Taiwan26.4%
61 Iceland26.3%
61 Turkiye26.3%
63 Finland26.0%
64 Serbia25.3%
65 Chile24.5%
66 Costa Rica24.4%
67 Moldova24.0%
68 Montenegro23.0%
69 North Macedonia22.8%
70 Uruguay22.6%
71 Slovenia21.0%

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 = -1.331184 X +6.625
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 12479.440711 X +23650.770
Correlation coefficient (r)0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 3.672038 X +76.689
Correlation coefficient (r)0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -0.057765 X +1.702
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data67
Regression equation
Y = -18.633750 X +17.568
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087