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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 Sweden7.588
2 Canada7.343
3 Australia7.304
4 United States7.258
5 United Kingdom6.812
6 Germany6.734
7 France6.524
8 Japan 6.146
9 Italy6.119
10 Republic of Korea5.642

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 = 0.607389 X +2.556
Correlation coefficient (r)0.938
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.880

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 19230.582874 X -80818.143
Correlation coefficient (r)0.851
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.724

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.244665 X +90.398
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.344739 X -0.847
Correlation coefficient (r)0.741
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.549

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.370646 X +20.348
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036