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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland3.48
2 Israel3.45
3 Denmark3.43
4 Sweden3.38
5 Republic of Korea3.35
6 United States3.32
7 Australia3.26
8 Czech Republic3.21
9 United Kingdom3.14
10 Spain3.10
11 Norway3.08
12 France3.06
13 Slovakia3.05
14 Finland 3.03
14 Netherlands3.03
16 Slovenia3.01
17 Belgium2.99
18 Germany2.97
19 Turkiye2.89
20 Japan2.88
21 Chile2.81
21 Italy2.81
23 Poland2.76
24 Portugal2.67
25 Lithuania2.56

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.112278 X +3.297
Correlation coefficient (r)0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 58345.516970 X -134460.042
Correlation coefficient (r)0.604
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.365

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 5.041529 X +65.161
Correlation coefficient (r)0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.545747 X -0.090
Correlation coefficient (r)0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.437914 X +8.852
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001