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Question: In general, would you say your health is... ?
Choices: "Excellent" "Very good" "Good" "Fair" "Poor"
Data: % of "Excellent" "Very good" "Good"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary365.1%
2 Venezuela362.8%
3 Canada360.7%
4 Ireland350.3%
5 Iceland347.9%
6 Switzerland346.8%
7 Croatia345.5%
8 Israel345.2%
9 Denmark343.5%
10 Austria343.0%
11 South Africa342.6%
12 Sweden341.5%
13 United States339.8%
14 Argentina337.8%
15 Norway331.4%
16 Australia329.2%
17 United Kingdom324.1%
18 India323.0%
19 Mexico320.9%
20 Czech Republic320.7%
21 Republic of Korea319.7%
22 Spain318.5%
23 Belgium317.0%
24 France316.6%
25 Netherlands313.2%
26 Finland308.1%
27 Turkiye307.4%
28 Slovenia306.2%
29 Slovakia304.8%
30 Portugal303.9%
31 Germany302.3%
32 Bulgaria291.5%
33 Chile289.3%
34 Lithuania288.2%
35 Philippines286.1%
36 China284.3%
37 Poland275.7%
38 Latvia271.3%
39 Taiwan265.3%
40 Russian Federation248.3%
41 Japan 236.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 0.562140 X +4.697
Correlation coefficient (r)0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 33962.866276 X -69911.603
Correlation coefficient (r)0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 2.636848 X +69.629
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.371383 X +0.492
Correlation coefficient (r)0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -2.637248 X +18.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025