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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Miserable
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
71 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hong Kong, China61.4%
2 Thailand58.4%
3 China58.2%
4 Brunei Darussalam52.5%
5 United Kingdom52.4%
6 Chile50.6%
7 Panama49.6%
8 Philippines47.2%
9 Macao, China46.9%
10 Slovakia46.6%
11 Peru46.2%
12 Italy46.1%
13 Japan45.5%
14 Poland44.4%
15 Luxembourg43.9%
16 Czech Republic43.7%
17 Mexico43.4%
18 Estonia43.1%
19 Hungary41.4%
20 Canada41.0%
20 Germany41.0%
22 Lebanon40.8%
23 Malta40.7%
24 Austria40.3%
24 Croatia40.3%
24 United States40.3%
27 Brazil40.2%
28 Morocco39.9%
29 Sweden39.7%
30 Bulgaria39.5%
31 Iceland39.3%
32 Qatar39.0%
33 Switzerland38.2%
34 Spain38.1%
35 Latvia38.0%
36 Portugal37.6%
37 France36.9%
38 Ireland36.2%
39 Greece36.1%
40 Argentina36.0%
41 Slovenia35.7%
42 United Arab Emirates35.5%
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina35.3%
44 Romania34.8%
45 Taiwan33.9%
46 Malaysia32.6%
47 Finland31.8%
48 Jordan31.0%
49 Netherlands 30.8%
50 Costa Rica30.7%
51 Republic of Korea29.7%
52 Lithuania29.5%
53 Dominican Republic29.4%
54 Denmark28.7%
55 Moldova27.6%
56 Uruguay27.5%
57 Indonesia27.2%
58 Belarus26.7%
59 Colombia25.2%
60 Saudi Arabia24.8%
61 Turkiye24.3%
62 Georgia24.0%
63 Viet Nam23.8%
64 Serbia22.7%
65 Russian Federation17.9%
66 Kazakhstan17.2%
67 Montenegro15.8%
68 Ukraine14.2%
69 North Macedonia14.0%
70 Kosovo11.3%
71 Albania10.4%

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 = 1.469076 X +5.635
Correlation coefficient (r)0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 71029.941801 X +2687.590
Correlation coefficient (r)0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = 15.060175 X +72.603
Correlation coefficient (r)0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data70
Regression equation
Y = -0.617201 X +1.903
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data67
Regression equation
Y = -15.971260 X +16.679
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070