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Question: In general, would you say your health is...?
Choices: "Excellent" "Very good" "Good" "Fair" "Poor"
Average score (as "Excellent"=5 "Very good"=4 "Good"=3 "Fair"=2 "Poor"=1)
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden358.9%
2 United States341.8%
3 Republic of Korea339.0%
4 United Kingdom327.9%
5 France 324.9%
6 Italy315.4%
7 Germany312.4%
8 Japan233.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.698274 X +4.344
Correlation coefficient (r)0.619
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.383

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 18725.481280 X -13603.905
Correlation coefficient (r)0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.632234 X +90.167
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.167250 X +0.924
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.311376 X +3.797
Correlation coefficient (r)0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028