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Question: 1. Did you experience worry during a lot of the day yesterday? 2. Did you experience sadness during a lot of the day yesterday? 3. Did you experience anger during a lot of the day yesterday?
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: The average of the percentages of "Yes" to the three questions.
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel35.5%
2 Spain35.3%
3 Turkiye34.4%
4 Greece32.2%
5 Italy32.0%
6 Chile30.2%
7 Portugal29.5%
8 Slovakia28.9%
9 Slovenia28.8%
10 Hungary28.5%
11 Colombia28.1%
12 Lithuania27.5%
13 France26.2%
14 United States25.4%
15 Costa Rica25.1%
16 Mexico25.0%
17 Czech Republic24.9%
18 Poland24.0%
19 Canada23.6%
20 Belgium23.5%
21 Latvia22.7%
22 New Zealand21.6%
23 Luxembourg21.5%
24 Norway21.3%
25 Australia21.0%
26 Ireland20.9%
27 Netherlands20.5%
28 Finland20.3%
29 Estonia20.2%
30 Sweden18.3%
31 United Kingdom18.0%
32 Denmark17.9%
33 Japan 17.8%
33 Republic of Korea17.8%
35 Switzerland17.6%
36 Germany16.8%
37 Iceland15.7%
38 Austria15.3%

Source
John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs (eds.) World Happiness Report 2013

Original source
Gallup World Poll.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -6.189278 X +8.196
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -252501.801925 X +105025.802
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.502
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.252

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -14.728062 X +83.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.725143 X +1.164
Correlation coefficient (r)0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -37.854638 X +21.521
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151