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Cantril ladder. The evaluation of life by imagining life as a ladder, with the best possible life for them as a 10, and the worst possible life as a zero.
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland7.741
2 Denmark7.583
3 Iceland7.525
4 Sweden7.344
5 Israel7.341
6 Netherlands7.319
7 Norway7.302
8 Luxembourg7.122
9 Switzerland7.060
10 Australia 7.057
11 New Zealand7.029
12 Costa Rica6.955
13 Austria6.905
14 Canada6.900
15 Belgium6.894
16 Ireland6.838
17 Czech Republic6.822
18 Lithuania6.818
19 United Kingdom6.749
20 Slovenia6.743
21 United States6.725
22 Germany6.719
23 Mexico6.678
24 France6.609
25 Estonia6.448
26 Poland6.442
27 Spain6.421
28 Chile6.360
29 Italy6.324
30 Slovakia6.257
31 Latvia6.234
32 Japan6.060
33 Republic of Korea6.058
34 Portugal6.030
35 Hungary6.017
36 Greece5.934
37 Colombia5.695
38 Turkiye4.975

Source
Helliwell, J. F., Layard, R., Sachs, J. D., De Neve, J.-E., Aknin, L. B., & Wang, S. (Eds.). (2024) World Happiness Report 2024. University of Oxford: Wellbeing Research Centre.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.000000 X
Correlation coefficient (r)1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 30893.626020 X -159960.513
Correlation coefficient (r)0.629
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.396

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.018295 X +66.892
Correlation coefficient (r)0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.067486 X +1.065
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.606351 X -0.879
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050