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

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.

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

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 analyzed 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

Rank Country SWL Rank Country SWL
1  Denmark 283.33 90  Japan 206.67
2   Switzerland 273.33 91  Portugal 206.67
3  Austria 260 92  Saudi Arabia 203.33
4  Iceland 260 93  Sri Lanka 203.33
5  Bhutan 266.67 94  Tajikistan 203.33
6  Finland 256.67 95  Vietnam 203.33
7  Canada 246.67 96  Iran 200
8  The Bahamas 253.33 97  Comoros 196.67
9  United States 253.33 98  Brunei 196.67
10  Croatia 253.33 99  Poland 196.67
11  Ireland 253.33 100  Cape Verde 193.33
12  Luxembourg 253.33 101  Kazakhstan 193.33
13  South Korea 250 102  Nicaragua 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  Ukraine 190
19  Sweden 246.67 108  Libya 190
20  South Africa 246.67 109  Seychelles 190
21  Saint Kitts and Nevis 246.67 110  Cambodia 186.67
22  Ecuador 246.67 111  Yemen 186.67
23  Norway 246.67 112  Rwanda 186.67
24  Vanuatu 246.67 113  Lebanon 186.67
25  Morocco 246.67 114  Guyana 186.67
26  Australia 243.33 115  Venezuela 186.67
27  Barbados 243.33 116  DR Congo 186.67
28  Belgium 243.33 117  Cuba 183.33
29  Dominica 243.33 118  Haiti 183.33
30    Nepal 243.33 119  Oman 183.33
31  Qatar 243.33 120  Niger 183.33
32  France 243.33 121  Burundi 183.33
33  Bahrain 240 122  Benin 180
34  Colombia 240 123  Suriname 180
35  Germany 240 124  Guinea-Bissau 180
36  India 240 125  Pakistan 180
37  Panama 240 126  Myanmar 180
38  Israel 240 127  Mozambique 180
39  Costa Rica 240 128  Palestine 180
40  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 240 129  Somalia 180
41  United Kingdom 236.67 130  Myanmar 176.67
42  Dominican Republic 233.33 131  Burkina Faso 176.67
43  Guatemala 233.33 132  Togo 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  Romania 233.33 136  Moldova 173.33
48  Guatemala 230 137  Bosnia and Herzegovina 170
49  Cyprus 230 138  Central African Republic 170
50  Italy 230 139  Syria 170
51  Mexico 230 140  Guinea 170
52  Samoa 230 141  Iraq 170
53  Singapore 230 142  Syria 170
54  Papua New Guinea 230 143  Sierra Leone 166.67
55  Trinidad and Tobago 230 144  Armenia 163.33
56  Argentina 226.67 145  Central African Republic 163.33
57  Fiji 223.33 146  Serbia 163.33
58  Israel 223.33 147  Togo 163.33
59  Uzbekistan 223.33 148  Eritrea 163.33
60  Germany 240 149  Sudan 160
61  São Tomé and Príncipe 223.33 150  Angola 160
62  Honduras 220 151  Djibouti 160
63  Hong Kong 220 152  Burkina Faso 156.67
64  Indonesia 220 153  Malawi 156.67
65  Kyrgyzstan 220 154  Iran 156.67
66  Maldives 220 155  Lithuania 156.67
67  Slovenia 220 156  North Korea 156.67
68  Taiwan 220 157  North Macedonia 153.33
69  East Timor 220 158  Laos 153.33
70  Nauru 220 159  Chad 150
71  Chile 216.67 160  Côte d'Ivoire 150
72  Grenada 216.67 161  South Sudan 150
73  Mauritius 216.67 162  Eritrea 146.67
74  Namibia 216.67 163  Eswatini 146.67
75  Paraguay 216.67 164  Greece 143.33
76  Thailand 216.67 165  Swaziland 143.33
77  Czech Republic 213.33 166  Afghanistan 143.33
78  Philippines 213.33 167  Russia 143.33
79  Tunisia 213.33 168  Swaziland 140
80  Uzbekistan 213.33 169  Azerbaijan 136.67
81  Bolivia 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

References

  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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