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Question: All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average score (as "Completely satisfied"=7 "Very satisfied"=6 "Fairly satisfied"=5 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=4 "Fairly dissatisfied"=3 "Very dissatisfied"=2 "Completely dissatisfied"=1)
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland5.65
2 Iceland5.63
3 Philippines5.58
4 Austria5.54
5 United States5.49
6 Israel5.43
7 India5.42
7 Sweden5.42
9 Germany5.38
10 Denmark5.37
11 New Zealand5.36
11 Slovenia5.36
13 Finland5.31
14 Spain5.28
15 Australia5.26
15 Taiwan5.26
17 United Kingdom5.23
18 Croatia5.17
19 Mexico5.16
20 Czech Republic5.08
21 Thailand5.04
22 Suriname5.00
23 Slovakia4.99
24 France4.97
25 China4.86
26 Russian Federation4.79
27 Japan 4.71
28 Hungary4.62
28 South Africa4.62
30 Lithuania4.51

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

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.902358 X +1.866
Correlation coefficient (r)0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 44332.793846 X -193939.704
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 7.293866 X +39.950
Correlation coefficient (r)0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.293288 X +0.208
Correlation coefficient (r)0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -8.105521 X +53.381
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221