Student Loneliness Data from PISA Surveys 2012 and 2018

 

Student Loneliness Data from PISA Surveys 2012 and 2018 (OECD)

Included here are the 37 OECD countries that have PISA data for the ‘lonely in school’ question.

The portion of students who agreed they feel lonely in school has increased by at least 10% between 2012 and 2018 in all 37 OECD countries with PISA survey data; the median and average increases were above 70%.

WARNING: The PISA Data Explorer provides only whole numbers for percentages, so this along with sampling issues needs to be kept in mind and the trends mentioned above be viewed only as quick approximations. 

The 'loneliness' question appears as follows (also see picture below):

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Thinking about your school: to what extent do you agree with the following statements? 

 (Please select one response in each row.) 

[...]

 I feel lonely at school.                        Strongly agree / Agree / Disagree / Strongly disagree

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SD = strongly disagree, D = disagree, A  = agree, SA = strongly agree

2018:

Jurisdiction	SD	D	A	SA
Australia	35	46	14	6
Austria	64	22	8	6
Belgium	53	37	7	3
Canada	35	45	14	6
Chile	40	38	15	7
Colombia	33	47	13	6
Czech Republic	30	51	14	5
Denmark	52	36	8	3
Estonia	38	46	12	4
Finland	45	41	10	4
France	54	34	8	4
Germany	66	22	8	3
Greece	48	38	10	4
Hungary	47	38	11	4
Iceland	49	34	9	8
Ireland	38	48	10	3
Italy	54	34	8	4
Japan	45	43	8	3
Korea	54	36	8	2
Latvia	32	49	12	6
Lithuania	49	27	13	10
Luxembourg	55	30	10	5
Mexico	43	41	11	6
Netherlands	56	36	6	2
New Zealand	31	51	13	5
Norway	57	29	9	5
Poland	34	47	13	6
Portugal	54	37	8	2
Slovak Republic	30	48	15	7
Slovenia	42	45	9	4
Spain	64	26	6	4
Sweden	44	40	10	6
Switzerland	62	26	7	4
Turkey	36	40	15	9
UK	38	46	11	5
United States	32	45	17	7
Average	45.5	38.9	10.6	4.9

2012:

Jurisdiction

SD

D

A

SA

Australia	39	49	10	2
Austria	79	15	4	2
Belgium	53	40	5	2
Canada	44	45	9	2
Chile	56	35	6	3
Colombia	41	46	8	4
Czech Republic	38	52	8	2
Denmark	56	37	6	2
Estonia	45	46	7	2
Finland	51	40	7	1
France	54	39	5	2
Germany	76	18	5	1
Greece	49	41	8	3
Hungary	54	37	6	2
Iceland	62	29	6	2
Ireland	45	48	6	1
Italy	56	36	5	2
Japan	48	41	8	2
Korea	48	43	8	1
Latvia	42	48	8	2
Lithuania	65	21	9	4
Luxembourg	68	23	6	3
Mexico	49	40	7	4
Netherlands	55	40	4	1
New Zealand	41	47	9	3
Norway	54	36	8	2
Poland	44	47	6	2
Portugal	56	36	6	2
Slovak Republic	33	53	11	3
Slovenia	55	37	6	2
Spain	68	26	4	2
Sweden	56	34	7	3
Switzerland	74	20	4	1
Turkey	46	36	11	6
UK	49	44	6	1
United States	39	49	9	3

Average

52.44

38.17

6.89

2.28

Data source: PISA Data Explorer https://pisadataexplorer.oecd.org/ide/idepisa/