Lifestyle > Life satisfaction inequality: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: This data is indicative of how much citizens differ in enjoyment of their life-as-a-whole.Life-satisfaction assessed by means of surveys in samples of the general population. Scores may be too low in some countries, due to under sampling of rural and illiterate population. In this ranking the focus is not on the level of happiness in the country, but on inequality in happiness among citizens.Inequality in happiness can be measured by the dispersion of responses to survey-questions. The degree of dispersion can be expressed statistically in the standard deviation and surveys items rated on a 10 step numerical scale are particularly usefull for that purpose. Most scores are based on responses to the following question: "All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life-as-a-whole now? 1 dissatisfied to10 satisfied".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Egypt	3.7	2004
2	Tanzania	3.6	2004
3	Algeria	3.2	2004
=4	Venezuela	3.1	2004
=4	Zimbabwe	3.1	2004
=4	Romania	3.1	2004
=4	South Africa	3.1	2004
8	Turkey	3	2004
=9	Georgia	2.9	2004
=9	Lithuania	2.9	2004
=11	Morocco	2.8	2004
=11	Jordan	2.8	2004
=11	Brazil	2.8	2004
=11	Poland	2.8	2004
=15	Serbia and Montenegro	2.7	2004
=15	Dominican Republic	2.7	2004
=15	Nigeria	2.7	2004
=15	El Salvador	2.7	2004
=15	Philippines	2.7	2004
=15	Hungary	2.7	2004
=15	Republic of Macedonia	2.7	2004
=15	India	2.7	2004
=15	Peru	2.7	2004
=15	Ukraine	2.7	2004
=15	Bulgaria	2.7	2004
=15	Uganda	2.7	2004
=15	Iran	2.7	2004
	Emerging markets average (profile)	2.64	2004
=28	South Korea	2.6	2004
=28	Moldova	2.6	2004
=28	Lebanon	2.6	2004
=28	Uzbekistan	2.6	2004
=28	Bolivia	2.6	2004
=28	Azerbaijan	2.6	2004
=28	China	2.6	2004
=28	Armenia	2.6	2004
=28	Russia	2.6	2004
=28	Latvia	2.6	2004
=28	Uruguay	2.6	2004
=28	Honduras	2.6	2004
=40	Slovakia	2.5	2004
=40	Bangladesh	2.5	2004
=40	Mexico	2.5	2004
=40	Argentina	2.5	2004
=40	Guatemala	2.5	2004
=40	Albania	2.5	2004
=40	Kenya	2.5	2004
=40	Cote d'Ivoire	2.5	2004
=40	Angola	2.5	2004
=40	Belarus	2.5	2004
=40	Croatia	2.5	2004
=51	Estonia	2.4	2004
=51	Israel	2.4	2004
=51	Senegal	2.4	2004
=51	Greece	2.4	2004
=51	Ghana	2.4	2004
=51	Slovenia	2.4	2004
=51	Chile	2.4	2004
	NATO countries average (profile)	2.37	2004
	European Union average (profile)	2.32	2004
=58	Indonesia	2.3	2004
=58	Portugal	2.3	2004
=58	Taiwan	2.3	2004
=58	Italy	2.3	2004
=58	New Zealand	2.3	2004
=58	Vietnam	2.3	2004
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	2.24	2004
=64	France	2.2	2004
=64	Colombia	2.2	2004
=64	United Kingdom	2.2	2004
=64	Spain	2.2	2004
=64	Mali	2.2	2004
=64	Belgium	2.2	2004
=64	Germany	2.2	2004
	Eurozone average (profile)	2.19	2004
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	2.19	2004
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	2.16	2004
=71	Luxembourg	2.1	2004
=71	Ireland	2.1	2004
=71	Australia	2.1	2004
=71	Denmark	2.1	2004
=71	United States	2.1	2004
=71	Austria	2.1	2004
=71	Japan	2.1	2004
=78	Canada	2	2004
=78	Norway	2	2004
=78	Sweden	2	2004
=78	Singapore	2	2004
=82	Finland	1.9	2004
=82	Switzerland	1.9	2004
=84	Malta	1.8	2004
=84	Iceland	1.8	2004
=86	Netherlands	1.6	2004
=86	Pakistan	1.6	2004

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