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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

TheSatisfaction with Life Indexwas created in 2007 by Adrian G. White, an analytic social psychologist at theUniversity of Leicester,using data from ametastudy.[1]It is an attempt to showlife satisfactionin 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 measuringhappiness—asking people how happy they are—as an alternative to traditional measures of policy success such asGDPorGNP.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 fromUNESCO,theCIA,theNew Economics Foundation,theWHO,the Veenhoven Database, the Latinbarometer, theAfrobarometer,and theUNHDR.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.Retrieved25 March2014.
  4. ^Pink, Daniel H. (December 2004)."The True Measure of Success".Wired.Vol. 12, no. 12.Retrieved25 March2014.
  5. ^Brittan, Samuel (22 November 2001) "Happiness is not enoughArchived29 December 2006 at theWayback Machine"Templeton Lecture Inst. of Economic Affairs. Accessed 23 July 2011.
  6. ^ab"University of Leicester produces the first-ever 'world map of happiness'"(Press release). University of Leicester. 27 July 2006.Retrieved25 March2014.
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