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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Afraid
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 83.2%
2 Portugal77.4%
3 Spain71.1%
4 Republic of Korea68.8%
5 United Kingdom65.8%
6 Greece60.3%
7 Luxembourg59.4%
8 Colombia59.0%
9 Czech Republic58.7%
10 Netherlands57.9%
11 France57.7%
12 Austria56.0%
13 Germany54.6%
14 Switzerland53.7%
15 Sweden53.5%
16 Estonia52.8%
17 Slovenia52.3%
18 Finland50.9%
19 Slovakia50.7%
20 Latvia44.8%
21 Turkiye44.2%
22 United States42.5%
23 Canada41.5%
24 Hungary40.9%
25 Ireland33.9%
26 Lithuania31.4%
27 Italy31.1%
28 Costa Rica30.8%
29 Mexico29.3%
30 Iceland28.3%
31 Chile26.2%
32 Poland25.2%
33 Denmark23.1%

No data for 5 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 data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.446185 X +6.855
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 8902.107278 X +37434.483
Correlation coefficient (r)0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 6.526394 X +76.929
Correlation coefficient (r)0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.574856 X +1.823
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 4.541724 X +10.290
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016