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Satisfaction with Life Index

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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

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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 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

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