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. 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).University of Leicester (2006, 14 November). "Psychologist Produces The First-ever 'World Map Of Happiness'." ScienceDaily. Accessed 23 July 2011.

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.Brittan, Samuel (22 November 2001) "Happiness is not enough " Templeton Lecture Inst. of Economic Affairs. Accessed 23 July 2011.

This Index, however, is not solely based on directly asking "how people feel", but also on its social and economic development.

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. Specifically, the extent of correlation between measures of poverty, health and education, and the variable of happiness.

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.

International rankings 2007-2017 Rank Country SWL Rank Country SWL 1 283.33 90 206.67 2 273.33 91 206.67 3 260 92 203.33 4 260 93 203.33 5 266.67 94 203.33 6 256.67 95 203.33 7 246.67 96 200 8 253.33 97 196.67 9 253.33 98 196.67 10 253.33 99 196.67 11 253.33 100 193.33 12 253.33 101 193.33 13 250 102 193.33 14 250 103 193.33 15 250 104 190 16 246.67 105 190 17 246.67 106 190 18 246.67 107 190 19 246.67 108 190 20 246.67 109 190 21 246.67 110 186.67 22 246.67 111 186.67 23 246.67 112 186.67 24 246.67 113 186.67 25 246.67 114 186.67 26 243.33 115 186.67 27 243.33 116 186.67 28 243.33 117 183.33 29 243.33 118 183.33 30 243.33 119 183.33 31 243.33 120 183.33 32 243.33 121 183.33 33 240 122 180 34 240 123 180 35 240 124 180 36 240 125 180 37 240 126 180 38 240 127 180 39 240 128 180 40 240 129 180 41 236.67 130 176.67 42 233.33 131 176.67 43 233.33 132 176.67 44 233.33 133 176.67 45 233.33 134 173.33 46 233.33 135 173.33 47 233.33 136 173.33 48 230 137 170 49 230 138 170 50 230 139 170 51 230 140 170 52 230 141 170 53 230 142 170 54 230 143 166.67 55 230 144 163.33 56 226.67 145 163.33 57 223.33 146 163.33 58 223.33 147 163.33 59 223.33 148 163.3362 240151 160 60 223.33 149 160 61 220 150 160 63 220 152 156.67 64 220 153 156.67 65 220 154 156.67 66 220 155 156.67 67 220 156 156.67 68 220 157 153.33 69 220 158 153.33 70 220 159 150 71 216.67 160 150 72 216.67 161 150 73 216.67 162 146.67 74 216.67 163 146.67 75 216.67 164 143.33 76 216.67 165 143.33 77 213.33 166 143.33 78 213.33 167 143.33 79 213.33 168 140 80 213.33 169 136.67 81 210 170 133.33 82 210 171 133.33 83 210 172 123.33 84 210 173 120 85 210 174 120 86 210 175 116.67 87 210 176 110 88 206.67 177 110 89 206.67 178 100

See also Social Progress Index Happy Planet Index Human Development Index List of countries by Human Development Index Quality of life Gross National Happiness Happiness economics

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