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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:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland98.1%
2 Finland96.4%
3 Slovakia95.1%
4 Hungary94.7%
5 Estonia94.6%
5 New Zealand94.6%
7 Denmark94.4%
8 Norway94.2%
9 Israel 94.1%
10 Czech Republic94.0%
11 Latvia93.9%
12 Slovenia93.6%
12 Sweden93.6%
14 Spain92.4%
15 Netherlands92.1%
16 Australia92.0%
17 Canada91.9%
18 Lithuania91.7%
19 Belgium91.2%
20 Switzerland90.6%
21 Poland90.3%
22 Germany89.3%
22 Ireland89.3%
22 United States89.3%
25 Costa Rica88.6%
26 Chile88.4%
26 Portugal88.4%
28 Japan87.9%
28 Luxembourg87.9%
30 France87.6%
31 Austria87.2%
32 Italy86.9%
33 United Kingdom86.8%
34 Greece84.8%
35 Mexico83.5%
36 Colombia83.4%
37 Republic of Korea81.0%
38 Turkiye80.9%

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 = 8.494488 X -0.993
Correlation coefficient (r)0.624
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.389

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 169897.834611 X -106999.472
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 7.368286 X +73.724
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.902239 X +0.701
Correlation coefficient (r)0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 28.169330 X -15.602
Correlation coefficient (r)0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082