Tweet
Question: In general, would you say your health is...?
Choices: "Excellent" "Very good" "Good" "Fair" "Poor"
Average score (as "Excellent"=5 "Very good"=4 "Good"=3 "Fair"=2 "Poor"=1)
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland3.48
2 Israel3.45
3 Denmark3.43
4 Sweden3.38
5 Republic of Korea3.35
6 United States3.32
7 Australia3.26
8 Czech Republic3.21
9 United Kingdom3.14
10 Spain3.10
11 Norway3.08
12 France3.06
13 Slovakia3.05
14 Finland3.03
14 Netherlands3.03
16 Slovenia3.01
17 Belgium2.99
18 Germany2.97
19 Turkiye2.89
20 Japan 2.88
21 Chile2.81
21 Italy2.81
23 Poland2.76
24 Portugal2.67
25 Lithuania2.56

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.535291 X +2.027
Correlation coefficient (r)0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 56648.441248 X -129470.337
Correlation coefficient (r)0.638
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.407

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 4.202649 X +67.931
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.380164 X +0.402
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.270680 X +13.939
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.012
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000