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Cantril ladder. The evaluation of life by imagining life as a ladder, with the best possible life for them as a 10, and the worst possible life as a zero.
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland7.821
2 Denmark7.636
3 Iceland7.557
4 Switzerland7.512
5 Netherlands7.415
6 Luxembourg7.404
7 Sweden7.384
8 Norway7.365
9 Israel7.364
10 New Zealand7.200
11 Austria7.163
12 Australia7.162
13 Ireland7.041
14 Germany7.034
15 Canada7.025
16 United States6.977
17 United Kingdom6.943
18 Czech Republic6.920
19 Belgium6.805
20 France6.687
21 Slovenia6.630
22 Costa Rica6.582
23 Spain6.476
24 Italy6.467
25 Lithuania6.446
26 Slovakia6.391
27 Estonia6.341
28 Latvia6.180
29 Chile6.172
30 Mexico6.128
31 Poland6.123
32 Hungary6.086
33 Japan 6.039
34 Portugal6.016
35 Greece5.948
36 Republic of Korea5.935
37 Colombia5.781
38 Turkiye4.744

Source
Helliwell, John F., Richard Layard, Jeffrey Sachs, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, eds. 2021. World Happiness Report 2021. New York: Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.000000 X
Correlation coefficient (r)1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 32198.876096 X -171680.908
Correlation coefficient (r)0.743
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.552

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.969634 X +67.214
Correlation coefficient (r)0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.028885 X +1.385
Correlation coefficient (r)0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.949743 X +6.048
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013