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Question: If you were in trouble, do you have relatives or friends you can count on to help you whenever you need them, or not?
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
3 Canada91.9%
4 Germany89.3%
4 United States89.3%
6 Japan87.9%
7 France 87.6%
8 Italy86.9%
9 United Kingdom86.8%

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 data7
Regression equation
Y = 8.854898 X -1.255
Correlation coefficient (r)0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 374874.577765 X -281136.965
Correlation coefficient (r)0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -51.365839 X +126.988
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.484800 X +2.789
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 86.536202 X -67.149
Correlation coefficient (r)0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213