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Question: All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average score (as "Completely satisfied"=7 "Very satisfied"=6 "Fairly satisfied"=5 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=4 "Fairly dissatisfied"=3 "Very dissatisfied"=2 "Completely dissatisfied"=1)
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland5.65
2 Iceland5.63
3 Philippines5.58
4 Austria5.54
5 United States5.49
6 Israel5.43
7 India5.42
7 Sweden5.42
9 Germany5.38
10 Denmark5.37
11 New Zealand5.36
11 Slovenia5.36
13 Finland 5.31
14 Spain5.28
15 Australia5.26
15 Taiwan5.26
17 United Kingdom5.23
18 Croatia5.17
19 Mexico5.16
20 Czech Republic5.08
21 Thailand5.04
22 Suriname5.00
23 Slovakia4.99
24 France4.97
25 China4.86
26 Russian Federation4.79
27 Japan4.71
28 Hungary4.62
28 South Africa4.62
30 Lithuania4.51

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.247092 X +0.080
Correlation coefficient (r)0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 43035.410272 X -187322.298
Correlation coefficient (r)0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 6.531352 X +44.503
Correlation coefficient (r)0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.112963 X +1.143
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -9.362158 X +62.220
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248