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Cantril ladder. The evaluation of life by imagining life as a ladder, with the best possible life for them as a 10, and the worst possible life as a zero.
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden7.026
2 Australia 7.013
3 United Kingdom6.754
4 Italy6.618
5 Germany6.578
6 France6.561
7 Republic of Korea6.503
8 Canada6.439
9 United States6.392
10 Japan6.232

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 = 1.170295 X -1.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 16208.620251 X -58234.314
Correlation coefficient (r)0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.582870 X +71.535
Correlation coefficient (r)0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.450411 X -1.499
Correlation coefficient (r)0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -3.439996 X +33.844
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037