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Question: Did you experience happiness during a lot of the day yesterday?
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
155 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Thailand93.6%
2 Philippines91.3%
3 Canada91.1%
4 New Zealand91.0%
5 Laos90.9%
6 Iceland90.7%
6 Switzerland90.7%
6 Trinidad and Tobago90.7%
9 Panama89.8%
10 Ireland89.5%
11 Oman89.3%
12 Austria89.0%
13 Malaysia88.2%
14 Costa Rica88.1%
15 United States87.7%
16 United Kingdom87.3%
17 Germany86.5%
18 Australia86.3%
19 Luxembourg86.0%
20 Indonesia85.9%
21 Finland85.7%
22 Brazil85.3%
23 Guatemala85.1%
24 Sri Lanka84.8%
25 Netherlands84.4%
26 El Salvador83.9%
27 Ecuador83.7%
28 Dominican Republic83.5%
29 Jamaica83.4%
30 Qatar83.3%
31 Colombia83.1%
32 Nigeria82.9%
33 Belgium82.1%
34 Mexico81.9%
35 Eswatini81.5%
35 Taiwan81.5%
37 Cambodia81.4%
38 Argentina81.3%
38 Honduras81.3%
40 Malta80.9%
41 Venezuela80.8%
42 Mauritania80.4%
42 Spain80.4%
44 Ghana80.0%
45 Hong Kong, China79.8%
46 Lesotho79.6%
47 Somalia79.4%
48 Chile79.2%
48 Zambia79.2%
50 Sweden79.1%
51 Japan78.6%
51 Uzbekistan78.6%
53 China78.5%
54 Portugal77.9%
55 Peru77.6%
56 Senegal77.5%
57 Bolivia77.3%
58 Nicaragua77.2%
59 Kenya77.1%
59 Malawi77.1%
61 France76.8%
62 United Arab Emirates76.4%
63 Paraguay75.5%
64 Mongolia75.3%
65 Kuwait75.1%
65 Tajikistan75.1%
67 Myanmar (Burma)75.0%
67 Uruguay75.0%
69 Norway74.9%
70 South Africa74.1%
71 Nepal73.9%
72 Cyprus73.7%
73 Slovenia73.3%
74 Botswana73.2%
74 Ethiopia73.2%
74 Mauritius73.2%
77 Zimbabwe72.8%
78 Afghanistan72.1%
79 Israel71.3%
80 Mali71.2%
81 Uganda71.0%
82 Angola70.8%
82 Rwanda70.8%
82 Tanzania70.8%
85 Niger70.7%
85 Turkiye70.7%
87 Bangladesh70.2%
88 Montenegro69.1%
89 Saudi Arabia68.9%
90 Burundi68.3%
91 Pakistan68.2%
92 Comoros68.1%
93 Djibouti67.3%
94 India66.7%
95 North Macedonia66.4%
96 Kyrgyzstan65.7%
97 Suriname65.6%
98 Kazakhstan65.4%
98 Morocco65.4%
100 Guinea64.8%
101 Denmark64.7%
102 Mozambique64.4%
103 Poland64.0%
104 Viet Nam63.7%
105 Hungary63.5%
106 Haiti63.4%
107 Libya63.1%
108 Croatia61.4%
108 Serbia61.4%
110 Liberia61.3%
111 Jordan61.0%
112 Iran60.9%
113 Republic of Korea60.8%
114 Sudan60.6%
115 Palestinian Territory60.0%
116 Turkmenistan59.6%
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina59.2%
118 Slovakia58.9%
119 Italy58.1%
120 Bahrain57.7%
121 Cameroon57.6%
121 Democratic Republic of Congo57.6%
123 Kosovo57.4%
124 Singapore57.2%
125 Tunisia57.1%
126 Albania56.8%
127 Estonia55.8%
128 Lebanon55.7%
129 Yemen55.1%
130 Benin54.3%
131 Algeria54.2%
132 Georgia52.7%
133 Moldova52.6%
134 Egypt52.2%
135 Sierra Leone51.8%
136 Chad51.5%
137 Syrian Arab Republic51.0%
138 Burkina Faso49.7%
139 Republic of Congo49.1%
140 Armenia48.8%
141 Russian Federation48.4%
142 Central African Republic47.7%
143 Czech Republic47.5%
144 Greece47.1%
145 Romania47.0%
145 Ukraine47.0%
147 Lithuania46.2%
148 Bulgaria45.6%
148 Gabon45.6%
150 Azerbaijan45.5%
151 Iraq45.4%
152 Madagascar44.8%
153 Belarus 43.7%
154 Latvia41.8%
155 Togo36.2%

No data for 83 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 = 2.355059 X +3.916
Correlation coefficient (r)0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data152
Regression equation
Y = 56010.749023 X -22334.626
Correlation coefficient (r)0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data154
Regression equation
Y = 15.050985 X +62.426
Correlation coefficient (r)0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data154
Regression equation
Y = -1.495850 X +3.615
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data151
Regression equation
Y = -1.814080 X +10.793
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001