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Defined as the difference between the mean life satisfaction of people with tertiary attainment and the mean life satisfaction of people with secondary education.
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa1.32009
2 Indonesia1.02010
2 Portugal1.02010
4 Czech Republic0.92010
4 Estonia0.92009
6 China0.82010
6 Hungary0.82010
8 Poland0.72010
8 Slovenia0.72010
8 Spain0.72010
11 Brazil0.62010
11 Japan0.62010
11 Switzerland0.62009
14 Belgium0.52010
14 Finland 0.52010
14 India0.52010
14 Republic of Korea0.52010
14 Slovakia0.52010
14 United States0.52010
20 Australia0.42010
20 Austria0.42010
20 France0.42010
20 Israel0.42009
20 Netherlands0.42010
20 New Zealand0.42010
20 Norway0.42008
20 Russian Federation0.42010
20 United Kingdom0.42010
29 Canada0.32010
29 Denmark0.32010
29 Germany0.32010
29 Luxembourg0.32010
33 Chile0.22010
33 Ireland0.22010
33 Italy0.22010
33 Turkiye0.22010
37 Sweden0.12010
38 Iceland0.02008
39 Greece-0.12010

No data for 199 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 data39
Regression equation
Y = -1.054558 X +7.066
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -42314.516756 X +63310.531
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -8.039582 X +83.535
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = 0.243565 X +1.499
Correlation coefficient (r)0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = 4.854298 X +10.100
Correlation coefficient (r)0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064