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Question: 1. Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday? 2. Did you experience enjoyment during a lot of the day yesterday? 3. Did you experience happiness 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 Iceland90.0%
2 Costa Rica88.6%
3 Canada87.2%
4 New Zealand86.0%
5 Ireland85.9%
5 Netherlands85.9%
5 Switzerland85.9%
8 United Kingdom84.5%
9 United States84.4%
10 Colombia83.6%
11 Sweden83.4%
12 Belgium82.8%
13 Norway82.3%
14 Australia82.0%
14 Luxembourg82.0%
16 Austria81.0%
17 Chile80.9%
18 Finland80.1%
19 Mexico80.0%
20 Germany79.9%
21 Japan 78.9%
22 Denmark77.6%
23 France77.0%
24 Poland74.7%
25 Spain74.0%
26 Portugal73.4%
27 Israel69.4%
28 Republic of Korea66.1%
29 Slovenia66.0%
30 Slovakia65.3%
31 Hungary65.0%
32 Estonia64.9%
33 Italy64.8%
34 Turkiye64.0%
35 Czech Republic62.3%
36 Greece60.2%
37 Latvia56.2%
38 Lithuania54.0%

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 = 3.525947 X +4.026
Correlation coefficient (r)0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 146535.505398 X -67146.057
Correlation coefficient (r)0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 12.893818 X +70.620
Correlation coefficient (r)0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.129400 X +1.480
Correlation coefficient (r)0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -14.803352 X +23.678
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070