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Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy23.0%
2 Republic of Korea19.8%
3 France 11.7%
3 Sweden11.7%
5 Canada9.4%
6 United Kingdom8.3%
7 Japan8.2%
8 Australia8.1%
9 Germany7.8%
10 United States7.0%

Source
Leandro Medina and Friedrich Schneider (2018) 'Shadow Economies Around the World: What Did We Learn Over the Last 20 Years?' IMF Working Paper WP/18/17

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -3.453831 X +7.052
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -160260.376111 X +67360.543
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.612
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.375

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 15.510909 X +80.216
Correlation coefficient (r)0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -3.519797 X +1.884
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.652
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.425

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 4.246309 X +10.612
Correlation coefficient (r)0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003