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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:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland7.688
2 Israel7.517
3 Denmark7.506
4 Iceland7.368
5 Netherlands7.347
6 Norway7.227
7 Lithuania7.217
8 Sweden7.142
9 Switzerland7.095
10 Slovenia7.087
11 Luxembourg6.977
12 Czech Republic6.962
13 Belgium6.950
14 Australia6.941
15 Costa Rica6.930
16 Germany6.928
17 Austria6.852
18 New Zealand6.851
19 Mexico6.822
20 Ireland6.751
21 France6.740
22 Estonia6.717
23 United Kingdom6.689
24 Canada6.680
25 Latvia 6.628
26 Italy6.602
27 Chile6.588
28 Slovakia6.585
29 Poland6.553
30 Spain6.394
31 United States6.346
32 Republic of Korea6.267
33 Portugal6.173
34 Hungary6.171
35 Greece5.958
36 Japan5.900
37 Colombia5.589
38 Turkiye4.934

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 data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.982236 X +0.076
Correlation coefficient (r)0.945
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.893

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 25373.456660 X -126129.985
Correlation coefficient (r)0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.206681 X +65.006
Correlation coefficient (r)0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.139784 X +0.647
Correlation coefficient (r)0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.192629 X -4.893
Correlation coefficient (r)0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086