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Defined as the ratio of the mean life satisfaction of men to that of women
Period:
Area:
40 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary1.0892010
2 Slovenia1.0682010
3 Portugal1.0642010
4 Italy1.0482010
5 Russian Federation1.0382010
6 France1.0302010
7 Iceland1.0272008
8 Estonia1.0202009
9 Poland1.0182010
10 Slovakia1.0172010
11 Belgium1.0152010
11 Chile1.0152010
11 Mexico1.0152010
14 Norway1.0132008
15 Germany1.0002010
15 India1.0002010
15 Luxembourg1.0002010
15 Netherlands1.0002010
15 South Africa1.0002009
15 Spain1.0002010
15 Sweden1.0002010
15 Switzerland1.0002009
15 United Kingdom1.0002010
24 Austria0.9862010
24 Brazil0.9862010
24 New Zealand0.9862010
27 Czech Republic0.9842010
28 Greece0.9832010
29 Israel0.9712009
30 Canada0.9622010
30 Denmark0.9622010
32 Australia0.9612010
33 Ireland0.9592010
34 Finland 0.9472010
35 Indonesia0.9462010
35 Turkiye0.9462010
37 China0.9382010
38 Japan0.9212010
39 United States0.9072010
40 Republic of Korea0.9062010

No data for 198 countries.

Source
OECD (2011) How's Life? Measuring Well-being

Original source
OECD's calculations based on data from the Gallup World Poll.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.263902 X +6.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -99371.593535 X +140363.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -13.359195 X +92.733
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.215232 X +1.844
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 10.179727 X +2.199
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006