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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 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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