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Negative affect balance — Subjective well-being

Name: Negative affect balance — Subjective well-being
Creator: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Keywords: trend-research-500, oecd, health-systems-mental-health, negative, affect, balance, subjective, well, being

Compare negative affect balance — subjective well-being across 47 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 OECD reference slice.

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)•47 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

13.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over

Median: 12.4Percentage of population aged 15 years or over

Countries Covered

with available data

Highest

Türkiye

28.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over

Lowest

Switzerland

7.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over

Top 5 Countries

1Türkiye28.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over

2Israel26.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over

3Greece23.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over

4Portugal17.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over

5Peru17.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over

By Region

Other19.4Percentage of population aged 15 years or over(2 countries)

South America14.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over(5 countries)

Asia13.3Percentage of population aged 15 years or over(5 countries)

Oceania13.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over(2 countries)

North America12.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over(3 countries)

Key Findings

•47 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of population aged 15 years or over observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
•Türkiye has the highest published value (28.8686 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over).
•Switzerland has the lowest published value (7.22995 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (7.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over)High (28.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over)

Other (2)

South America (5)

Asia (5)

Oceania (2)

North America (3)

Europe (29)

Africa (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Current well-being: Negative affect balance — Subjective well-being. Unit: Percentage of population aged 15 years or over. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Current well-being: Negative affect balance — Subjective well-being. Unit: Percentage of population aged 15 years or over. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Türkiye	28.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
2	Israel	26.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
3	Greece	23.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
4	Portugal	17.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
5	Peru	17.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
6	Romania	17.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
7	Canada	16.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
8	Bulgaria	16.4Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
9	Italy	16.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
10	Brazil	15.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
11	Lithuania	15.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
12	Hungary	14.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
13	Australia	14.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
14	South Korea	14.4Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
15	Slovenia	14.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
16	Latvia	13.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
17	Spain	13.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
18	Sweden	13.4Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
19	United States of America	13.4Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
20	Slovakia	13.3Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
21	Belgium	13.3Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
22	Colombia	13.3Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
23	France	12.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
24	United Kingdom	12.4Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
25	Croatia	12.3Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
26	Argentina	12.3Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
27	Czech Republic	12.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
28	Estonia	12.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
29	Norway	11.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
30	Chile	11.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
31	South Africa	11.6Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
32	New Zealand	11.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
33	Germany	10.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
34	Netherlands	10.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
35	Costa Rica	9.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
36	Finland	9.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
37	Denmark	9.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
38	Ireland	9.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
39	Poland	9.3Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
40	Thailand	9.3Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
41	Austria	9.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
42	Japan	8.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
43	Mexico	7.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
44	Iceland	7.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
45	Indonesia	7.6Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
46	Luxembourg	7.3Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
47	Switzerland	7.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over

Showing 47 of 47 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2025).

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