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Question: If you were in trouble, do you have relatives or friends you can count on to help you whenever you need them, or not?
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway96.6%
2 Finland96.2%
3 Denmark95.8%
4 New Zealand95.4%
5 Slovenia94.1%
6 Australia94.0%
7 Netherlands93.9%
8 Ireland93.8%
9 Estonia93.3%
10 Sweden93.1%
11 Belgium93.0%
11 Switzerland93.0%
13 Czech Republic92.9%
13 Lithuania92.9%
15 United Kingdom92.8%
16 Canada92.3%
17 Slovakia92.2%
18 France92.1%
19 Germany92.0%
20 Italy91.3%
20 Latvia91.3%
22 Austria91.2%
23 Israel91.0%
23 Spain91.0%
25 United States90.4%
26 Luxembourg90.2%
27 Chile89.0%
28 Portugal88.7%
29 Japan 88.6%
30 Costa Rica87.6%
31 Colombia87.1%
32 Mexico85.8%
33 Turkiye84.7%
34 Republic of Korea79.8%
35 Greece79.4%

No data for 3 countries.

Source
Helliwell, J., Layard, R., & Sachs, J. (2019). World Happiness Report 2019, New York: Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 11.789881 X -4.016
Correlation coefficient (r)0.722
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.521

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 319504.178088 X -245805.647
Correlation coefficient (r)0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 8.772925 X +72.610
Correlation coefficient (r)0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.774537 X +0.876
Correlation coefficient (r)0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 20.062777 X -5.920
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020