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Satisfaction with Life Index

The Satisfaction with Life Index was created in 2007 by Adrian G. White, an analytic social psychologist at the University of Leicester, using data from a metastudy.[1] It is an attempt to show life satisfaction in different nations.

World map indicating world happiness (2006)
  Good situation
  Satisfactory situation
  Noticeable problems
  Difficult situation
  Very serious situation
  Unclassified / no data

In this calculation, subjective well-being correlates most strongly with health (.7), wealth (.6), and access to basic education (.6).[2][3]

This is an example of directly measuring happiness—asking people how happy they are—as an alternative to traditional measures of policy success such as GDP or GNP. Some studies suggest that happiness can be measured effectively.[4][5]

This Index, however, is not solely based on directly asking "how people feel", but also on its social and economic development.[citation needed]

The Happy Planet Index was used along with data from UNESCO on access to schooling, from the WHO on life expectancy, and from the CIA on GDP per capita to perform a new analysis to come to a unique and novel set of results.[6] Specifically, the extent of correlation between measures of poverty, health and education, and the variable of happiness.[citation needed]

Satisfaction Index

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The subjective well-being index represents the overall satisfaction level as one number.

Analysed data to create the index comes from UNESCO, the CIA, the New Economics Foundation, the WHO, the Veenhoven Database, the Latinbarometer, the Afrobarometer, and the UNHDR. These sources are analysed to create a global projection of subjective well-being: the first world map of happiness. Whilst collecting data on subjective well-being is not an exact science, the measures used are very reliable in predicting health and welfare outcomes.[6]

International rankings 2007-2017

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Rank Country SWL Rank Country SWL
1   Denmark 283.33 90   Japan 206.67
2    Switzerland 273.33 91   Yemen 206.67
3   Austria 260 92   Portugal 203.33
4   Iceland 260 93   Sri Lanka 203.33
5   The Bahamas 266.67 94   Tajikistan 203.33
6   Finland 256.67 95   Vietnam 203.33
7   United States 246.67 96   Iran 200
8   Bhutan 253.33 97   Comoros 196.67
9   Brunei 253.33 98   Croatia 196.67
10   Canada 253.33 99   Poland 196.67
11   Ireland 253.33 100   Cape Verde 193.33
12   Luxembourg 253.33 101   Kazakhstan 193.33
13   Costa Rica 250 102   South Korea 193.33
14   Malta 250 103   Madagascar 193.33
15   Netherlands 250 104   Bangladesh 190
16   Antigua and Barbuda 246.67 105   Republic of the Congo 190
17   Malaysia 246.67 106   The Gambia 190
18   New Zealand 246.67 107   Hungary 190
19   Sweden 246.67 108   Libya 190
20   Seychelles 246.67 109   South Africa 190
21   Saint Kitts and Nevis 246.67 110   Cambodia 186.67
22   United Arab Emirates 246.67 111   Ecuador 186.67
23   Norway 246.67 112   Kenya 186.67
24   Vanuatu 246.67 113   Lebanon 186.67
25   Venezuela 246.67 114   Morocco 186.67
26   Australia 243.33 115   Peru 186.67
27   Barbados 243.33 116   Senegal 186.67
28   Belgium 243.33 117   Bolivia 183.33
29   Dominica 243.33 118   Haiti 183.33
30   Oman 243.33 119     Nepal 183.33
31   Saudi Arabia 243.33 120   Nigeria 183.33
32   Suriname 243.33 121   Tanzania 183.33
33   Bahrain 240 122   Benin 180
34   Colombia 240 123   Botswana 180
35   Germany 240 124   Guinea-Bissau 180
36   Guyana 240 125   India 180
37   Honduras 240 126   Laos 180
38   Kuwait 240 127   Mozambique 180
39   Panama 240 128   Palestine 180
40   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 240 129   Slovakia 180
41   United Kingdom 236.67 130   Myanmar 176.67
42   Dominican Republic 233.33 131   Mali 176.67
43   Guatemala 233.33 132   Mauritania 176.67
44   Jamaica 233.33 133   Turkey 176.67
45   Qatar 233.33 134   Algeria 173.33
46   Spain 233.33 135   Equatorial Guinea 173.33
47   Saint Lucia 233.33 136   Romania 173.33
48   Belize 230 137   Bosnia and Herzegovina 170
49   Cyprus 230 138   Cameroon 170
50   Italy 230 139   Estonia 170
51   Mexico 230 140   Guinea 170
52   Samoa 230 141   Jordan 170
53   Singapore 230 142   Syria 170
54   Solomon Islands 230 143   Sierra Leone 166.67
55   Trinidad and Tobago 230 144   Azerbaijan 163.33
56   Argentina 226.67 145   Central African Republic 163.33
57   Fiji 223.33 146   Macedonia 163.33
58   Israel 223.33 147   Togo 163.33
59   Mongolia 223.33 148   Zambia 163.33
62   France 240 151   Egypt 160
60   São Tomé and Príncipe 223.33 149   Angola 160
61   El Salvador 220 150   Djibouti 160
63   Hong Kong 220 152   Burkina Faso 156.67
64   Indonesia 220 153   Ethiopia 156.67
65   Kyrgyzstan 220 154   Latvia 156.67
66   Maldives 220 155   Lithuania 156.67
67   Slovenia 220 156   Uganda 156.67
68   Taiwan 220 157   Albania 153.33
69   East Timor 220 158   Malawi 153.33
70   Tonga 220 159   Chad 150
71   Chile 216.67 160   Côte d'Ivoire 150
72   Grenada 216.67 161   Niger 150
73   Mauritius 216.67 162   Eritrea 146.67
74   Namibia 216.67 163   Rwanda 146.67
75   Paraguay 216.67 164   Bulgaria 143.33
76   Thailand 216.67 165   Lesotho 143.33
77   Czech Republic 213.33 166   Pakistan 143.33
78   Philippines 213.33 167   Russia 143.33
79   Tunisia 213.33 168   Swaziland 140
80   Uzbekistan 213.33 169   Georgia 136.67
81   Brazil 210 170   Belarus 133.33
82   China 210 171   Turkmenistan 133.33
83   Cuba 210 172   Armenia 123.33
84   Greece 210 173   Sudan 120
85   Nicaragua 210 174   Ukraine 120
86   Papua New Guinea 210 175   Moldova 116.67
87   Uruguay 210 176   Democratic Republic of the Congo 110
88   Gabon 206.67 177   Zimbabwe 110
89   Ghana 206.67 178   Burundi 100

See also

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References

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  1. ^ White, Adrian (2007). "A global projection of subjective well-being: A challenge to positive psychology". Psychtalk. 56: 17–20.
  2. ^ University of Leicester (2006, 14 November). "Psychologist Produces The First-ever 'World Map Of Happiness'." ScienceDaily. Accessed 23 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Denmark 'happiest place on earth'". BBC News. 28 July 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  4. ^ Pink, Daniel H. (December 2004). "The True Measure of Success". Wired. Vol. 12, no. 12. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  5. ^ Brittan, Samuel (22 November 2001) "Happiness is not enough Archived 29 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine" Templeton Lecture Inst. of Economic Affairs. Accessed 23 July 2011.
  6. ^ a b "University of Leicester produces the first-ever 'world map of happiness'" (Press release). University of Leicester. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
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