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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:
145 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland7.821
2 Denmark7.636
3 Iceland7.557
4 Switzerland7.512
5 Netherlands7.415
6 Luxembourg7.404
7 Sweden7.384
8 Norway7.365
9 Israel7.364
10 New Zealand7.200
11 Austria7.163
12 Australia7.162
13 Ireland7.041
14 Germany7.034
15 Canada7.025
16 United States6.977
17 United Kingdom6.943
18 Czech Republic6.920
19 Belgium6.805
20 France6.687
21 Bahrain6.647
22 Slovenia6.630
23 Costa Rica6.582
24 United Arab Emirates6.576
25 Saudi Arabia6.523
26 Taiwan6.512
27 Singapore6.480
28 Romania6.477
29 Spain6.476
30 Uruguay6.474
31 Italy6.467
32 Kosovo6.455
33 Malta6.447
34 Lithuania6.446
35 Slovakia6.391
36 Estonia6.341
37 Panama6.309
38 Brazil6.293
39 Guatemala6.262
40 Kazakhstan6.234
41 Cyprus6.221
42 Latvia6.180
43 Serbia6.178
44 Chile6.172
45 Nicaragua6.165
46 Mexico6.128
47 Croatia6.125
48 Poland6.123
49 El Salvador6.120
50 Kuwait6.106
51 Hungary6.086
52 Mauritius6.071
53 Uzbekistan6.063
54 Japan6.039
55 Honduras6.022
56 Portugal6.016
57 Argentina5.967
58 Greece5.948
59 Republic of Korea5.935
60 Philippines5.904
61 Thailand5.891
62 Moldova5.857
63 Jamaica5.850
64 Kyrgyzstan5.828
65 Belarus 5.821
66 Colombia5.781
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina5.768
68 Mongolia5.761
69 Dominican Republic5.737
70 Malaysia5.711
71 Bolivia5.600
72 China5.585
73 Paraguay5.578
74 Peru5.559
75 Montenegro5.547
76 Ecuador5.533
77 Viet Nam5.485
78 Turkmenistan5.474
79 Russian Federation5.459
80 Hong Kong, China5.425
81 Armenia5.399
82 Nepal5.377
82 Tajikistan5.377
84 Bulgaria5.371
85 Libya5.330
86 Indonesia5.240
87 Cote dIvoire5.235
88 Albania5.199
88 North Macedonia5.199
90 South Africa5.194
91 Azerbaijan5.173
92 Gambia5.164
93 Bangladesh5.155
94 Laos5.140
95 Algeria5.122
95 Liberia5.122
97 Ukraine5.084
98 Republic of Congo5.075
99 Morocco5.060
100 Cameroon5.048
100 Mozambique5.048
102 Senegal5.046
103 Niger5.003
104 Georgia4.973
105 Gabon4.958
106 Iraq4.941
107 Venezuela4.925
108 Guinea4.891
109 Iran4.888
110 Ghana4.872
111 Turkiye4.744
112 Burkina Faso4.670
113 Cambodia4.640
114 Benin4.623
115 Comoros4.609
116 Uganda4.603
117 Nigeria4.552
118 Kenya4.543
119 Pakistan4.516
119 Tunisia4.516
121 Palestinian Territory4.483
122 Mali4.479
123 Namibia4.459
124 Eswatini4.396
125 Myanmar (Burma)4.394
126 Sri Lanka4.362
127 Madagascar4.339
128 Egypt4.288
129 Chad4.251
130 Ethiopia4.241
131 Yemen4.197
132 Mauritania4.153
133 Jordan4.152
134 Togo4.112
135 India3.777
136 Zambia3.760
137 Malawi3.750
138 Tanzania3.702
139 Sierra Leone3.574
140 Lesotho3.512
141 Botswana3.471
142 Rwanda3.268
143 Zimbabwe2.995
144 Lebanon2.955
145 Afghanistan2.404

No data for 93 countries.

Source
Helliwell, John F., Richard Layard, Jeffrey Sachs, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, eds. 2021. World Happiness Report 2021. New York: Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data145
Regression equation
Y = 1.000000 X
Correlation coefficient (r)1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data143
Regression equation
Y = 16622.095995 X -75689.897
Correlation coefficient (r)0.730
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.533

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data144
Regression equation
Y = 4.816946 X +46.531
Correlation coefficient (r)0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data144
Regression equation
Y = -0.690186 X +6.332
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.624
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.389

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data141
Regression equation
Y = 0.795940 X +5.174
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012