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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 65.6%
2 United States63.3%
3 United Kingdom59.9%
4 Ireland58.0%
5 Turkiye57.8%
6 Canada56.4%
7 Italy55.3%
8 Slovakia55.1%
9 Chile54.2%
10 Spain54.0%
11 Costa Rica53.8%
12 Republic of Korea52.4%
13 Czech Republic51.8%
14 Estonia51.3%
15 Greece51.0%
16 Latvia50.4%
16 Poland50.4%
18 Mexico50.0%
18 Sweden50.0%
20 Colombia49.9%
21 Luxembourg49.0%
22 Portugal48.4%
23 Denmark47.6%
24 Finland45.8%
24 France45.8%
26 Netherlands45.1%
27 Hungary44.9%
28 Lithuania44.6%
29 Iceland44.3%
30 Austria43.9%
31 Switzerland43.8%
32 Germany43.2%
33 Slovenia34.7%

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 = -3.249753 X +8.283
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -25319.186674 X +54622.601
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.823595 X +79.203
Correlation coefficient (r)0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.171564 X +1.628
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -26.235005 X +25.805
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086