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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:
1 Sweden93.6%
2 Australia92.0%
3 Canada91.9%
4 Germany89.3%
4 United States89.3%
6 Japan87.9%
7 France 87.6%
8 Italy86.9%
9 United Kingdom86.8%
10 Republic of Korea81.0%

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 data10
Regression equation
Y = 9.760415 X -1.996
Correlation coefficient (r)0.840
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.706

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 266799.869948 X -187534.125
Correlation coefficient (r)0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -4.182740 X +85.707
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 6.014271 X -3.851
Correlation coefficient (r)0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -45.641954 X +51.552
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.353
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125