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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal1.02010
2 Czech Republic0.92010
2 Estonia0.92009
4 Hungary0.82010
5 Poland0.72010
5 Slovenia0.72010
5 Spain0.72010
8 Japan 0.62010
8 Switzerland0.62009
10 Belgium0.52010
10 Finland0.52010
10 Republic of Korea0.52010
10 Slovakia0.52010
10 United States0.52010
15 Australia0.42010
15 Austria0.42010
15 France0.42010
15 Israel0.42009
15 Netherlands0.42010
15 New Zealand0.42010
15 Norway0.42008
15 United Kingdom0.42010
23 Canada0.32010
23 Denmark0.32010
23 Germany0.32010
23 Luxembourg0.32010
27 Chile0.22010
27 Ireland0.22010
27 Italy0.22010
27 Turkiye0.22010
31 Sweden0.12010
32 Iceland0.02008
33 Greece-0.12010

No data for 5 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 data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.463079 X +6.986
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -31550.669118 X +62775.781
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.169706 X +82.396
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.149559 X +1.623
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 7.053235 X +9.255
Correlation coefficient (r)0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141