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Question: 1. Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday? 2. Did you experience enjoyment during a lot of the day yesterday? 3. Did you experience happiness during a lot of the day yesterday?
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: The average of the percentages of "Yes" to the three questions.
Period:
Area:
154 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Laos90.8%
2 Trinidad and Tobago90.6%
3 Iceland90.0%
4 Costa Rica88.6%
4 Thailand88.6%
6 Panama88.0%
7 Indonesia87.7%
8 Canada87.2%
9 Philippines86.4%
10 Malaysia86.2%
11 New Zealand86.0%
12 Ireland85.9%
12 Netherlands85.9%
12 Switzerland85.9%
15 Guatemala85.2%
16 Venezuela84.9%
17 Argentina84.7%
18 Ecuador84.5%
18 United Kingdom84.5%
20 Sri Lanka84.4%
20 United States84.4%
22 El Salvador84.0%
23 Colombia83.6%
23 Jamaica83.6%
25 Paraguay83.4%
25 Sweden83.4%
27 Taiwan83.1%
28 Belgium82.8%
29 Norway82.3%
30 Eswatini82.1%
31 Australia82.0%
31 Honduras82.0%
31 Luxembourg82.0%
34 Austria81.0%
35 Chile80.9%
36 China80.8%
37 Finland80.1%
38 Mexico80.0%
38 Nicaragua80.0%
38 Uruguay80.0%
41 Germany79.9%
42 Cambodia79.8%
42 Dominican Republic79.8%
44 Nigeria79.7%
45 Brazil79.4%
46 Lesotho79.3%
47 Japan78.9%
48 Uzbekistan78.3%
49 Kuwait78.1%
50 Zambia78.0%
51 Peru77.9%
52 Denmark77.6%
53 Cyprus77.1%
53 Mauritania77.1%
55 Bolivia77.0%
55 France77.0%
55 South Africa77.0%
58 United Arab Emirates76.5%
59 Malawi76.4%
59 Myanmar (Burma)76.4%
59 Senegal76.4%
59 Suriname76.4%
63 Qatar76.3%
64 Ghana76.2%
64 Kenya76.2%
66 Somalia75.0%
67 Poland74.7%
68 Mali74.5%
69 Spain74.0%
70 Mauritius73.8%
71 Botswana73.4%
71 Portugal73.4%
73 Zimbabwe73.3%
74 Malta72.6%
75 Hong Kong, China72.1%
76 Tanzania72.0%
77 Nepal71.1%
78 Kazakhstan71.0%
79 Saudi Arabia70.2%
80 Mongolia69.8%
81 Israel69.4%
82 Uganda69.3%
83 Bangladesh69.1%
84 Burundi68.9%
84 Guinea68.9%
86 Tajikistan68.6%
87 Rwanda68.4%
88 Niger68.3%
89 Kyrgyzstan67.4%
90 Morocco67.1%
91 Comoros66.8%
91 Ethiopia66.8%
93 Afghanistan66.3%
94 Kosovo66.2%
95 Republic of Korea66.1%
96 Slovenia66.0%
97 Angola65.9%
98 Pakistan65.5%
99 Slovakia65.3%
100 Hungary65.0%
101 Estonia64.9%
101 India64.9%
103 Italy64.8%
104 Libya64.5%
105 Turkiye64.0%
106 Albania62.7%
107 Democratic Republic of Congo62.5%
108 Czech Republic62.3%
109 Viet Nam61.3%
110 Turkmenistan61.2%
111 Croatia60.8%
112 Cameroon60.7%
113 Benin60.4%
113 Sudan60.4%
115 Greece60.2%
115 Iran60.2%
117 Jordan59.9%
117 Madagascar59.9%
117 Palestinian Territory59.9%
117 Russian Federation59.9%
121 North Macedonia59.8%
122 Haiti59.2%
122 Mozambique59.2%
124 Bahrain59.1%
125 Montenegro59.0%
125 Republic of Congo59.0%
125 Tunisia59.0%
128 Liberia58.2%
129 Djibouti57.9%
130 Moldova57.3%
131 Burkina Faso57.1%
132 Algeria56.7%
133 Romania56.5%
134 Latvia56.2%
135 Ukraine55.8%
136 Bosnia and Herzegovina55.4%
136 Chad55.4%
138 Bulgaria55.0%
139 Syrian Arab Republic54.5%
140 Singapore54.2%
141 Lithuania54.0%
142 Azerbaijan53.9%
143 Belarus 53.8%
144 Lebanon53.6%
145 Egypt53.2%
145 Gabon53.2%
147 Serbia53.1%
148 Georgia52.5%
149 Central African Republic52.4%
150 Yemen51.8%
151 Armenia50.1%
152 Sierra Leone48.0%
152 Togo48.0%
154 Iraq47.2%

No data for 84 countries.

Source
John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs (eds.) World Happiness Report 2013

Original source
Gallup World Poll.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data142
Regression equation
Y = 3.568565 X +3.038
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data151
Regression equation
Y = 70631.151723 X -33003.671
Correlation coefficient (r)0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data153
Regression equation
Y = 19.587779 X +59.120
Correlation coefficient (r)0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data153
Regression equation
Y = -2.325874 X +4.206
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data150
Regression equation
Y = 1.726977 X +8.336
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001