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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 60.7%
2 Czech Republic54.6%
3 Republic of Korea47.9%
4 United States44.7%
5 Italy40.6%
6 United Kingdom38.8%
7 Canada38.4%
8 Greece38.3%
9 Colombia37.9%
10 Latvia36.6%
11 Ireland36.2%
12 Luxembourg35.3%
13 Denmark34.5%
14 Slovakia34.4%
15 Estonia33.6%
16 Sweden33.3%
17 Austria32.3%
18 Spain31.0%
19 Lithuania30.7%
19 Poland30.7%
21 Switzerland29.8%
22 Portugal29.7%
23 Hungary29.6%
24 Mexico29.1%
25 Netherlands28.7%
26 France28.3%
27 Germany28.2%
28 Iceland26.3%
28 Turkiye26.3%
30 Finland26.0%
31 Chile24.5%
32 Costa Rica24.4%
33 Slovenia21.0%

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 = -0.759998 X +6.895
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 23541.710928 X +33789.480
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 4.352780 X +78.647
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.932995 X +1.859
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 9.974160 X +9.123
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022