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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 Sweden7.503
2 Australia6.953
3 Canada6.931
4 United States6.748
5 United Kingdom6.720
6 France 6.645
7 Germany6.616
8 Italy6.171
9 Japan5.957
10 Republic of Korea5.928

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 = 0.839448 X +1.100
Correlation coefficient (r)0.989
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.978

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 20935.746563 X -89605.422
Correlation coefficient (r)0.707
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.500

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.010645 X +88.688
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.445627 X -1.470
Correlation coefficient (r)0.731
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.534

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.758467 X +22.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035