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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Sad
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
71 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China83.1%
2 Hong Kong, China77.3%
3 Philippines69.1%
4 Brunei Darussalam68.1%
5 Japan65.6%
6 Brazil63.9%
7 United States63.3%
8 Malta62.6%
9 Malaysia61.3%
10 Argentina60.1%
11 Macao, China59.9%
11 United Kingdom59.9%
13 Panama58.4%
14 Qatar58.1%
15 Ireland58.0%
16 Turkiye57.8%
17 Thailand56.9%
18 Canada56.4%
18 Dominican Republic56.4%
20 Indonesia55.7%
21 Italy55.3%
22 Slovakia55.1%
23 Chile54.2%
24 Spain54.0%
25 Costa Rica53.8%
26 Morocco 53.6%
27 Peru53.5%
28 Uruguay52.7%
29 Republic of Korea52.4%
30 United Arab Emirates52.1%
31 Czech Republic51.8%
32 Estonia51.3%
33 Greece51.0%
34 Lebanon50.8%
35 Latvia50.4%
35 Poland50.4%
37 Mexico50.0%
37 Sweden50.0%
39 Colombia49.9%
40 Luxembourg49.0%
41 Russian Federation48.8%
42 Portugal48.4%
43 Viet Nam47.9%
44 Taiwan47.8%
45 Denmark47.6%
45 Ukraine47.6%
47 Serbia47.3%
48 Finland45.8%
48 France45.8%
50 Croatia45.7%
51 Netherlands45.1%
52 Belarus45.0%
53 Hungary44.9%
54 Bulgaria44.8%
54 Moldova44.8%
56 Lithuania44.6%
57 Iceland44.3%
57 North Macedonia44.3%
59 Austria43.9%
60 Switzerland43.8%
61 Montenegro43.6%
62 Germany43.2%
63 Jordan43.0%
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina42.9%
65 Albania42.5%
66 Georgia41.4%
67 Romania39.6%
68 Saudi Arabia38.7%
69 Kosovo38.6%
70 Kazakhstan35.3%
71 Slovenia34.7%

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 = -0.933108 X +6.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 22228.849212 X +16648.986
Correlation coefficient (r)0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 9.560709 X +73.078
Correlation coefficient (r)0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -0.373723 X +1.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data67
Regression equation
Y = -26.150143 X +24.371
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.353
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125