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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 Lithuania7.759
2 Israel7.667
3 Iceland7.598
4 Denmark7.329
5 Luxembourg7.301
6 Finland7.300
7 Netherlands7.248
8 Czech Republic7.198
9 Costa Rica7.150
10 Austria7.142
11 Switzerland7.138
12 Slovenia7.111
13 Sweden7.026
14 Australia7.013
15 Norway6.995
16 Ireland6.954
16 Mexico6.954
18 Belgium6.947
19 New Zealand6.859
20 Latvia6.766
21 United Kingdom6.754
22 Hungary6.720
23 Slovakia6.674
24 Chile6.662
25 Italy6.618
26 Poland6.605
27 Estonia6.599
28 Portugal6.588
29 Germany6.578
30 France6.561
31 Republic of Korea6.503
32 Greece6.502
33 Spain 6.463
34 Canada6.439
35 United States6.392
36 Japan6.232
37 Colombia6.035
38 Turkiye5.173

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 = 0.990325 X -0.079
Correlation coefficient (r)0.832
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.692

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 24564.442517 X -123195.572
Correlation coefficient (r)0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.602251 X +68.909
Correlation coefficient (r)0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.156916 X +0.515
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.698114 X -8.569
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099