Aim

• Cross-national analysis of happiness. Answer to question of in what kind of society people live happiest

Scope

• Nations in which the distribution of happiness is assessed by means of general population surveys

Coverage at 1-7-2020

• 155 nations
• 1945 – 2020

Variables

• Characteristics of nations
    –   Economy
    –   National character
    –   Demography
    –   etc……
• Happiness in nations
    –  Distribution of happiness
        –  Average level of happiness, measured by means
        –  Inequality in happiness, measured by standard deviations
    –  Distribution of happiness derivates
         –  Happy life-years (0-1 happiness x life-expectancy)
         –  Equality adjusted happiness (index of mean and standard deviation)
         –  Change average happiness over periodes of 10, 20, 30 and 40 years
    –  Correlates of happiness (concomittants)
         –  r happiness – age
         –  r happiness – income
         –  etc……
• The list of variables can be browsed on this site. Go to States of Nations by Topic or States of Nations by Theme

Data file

• The data are stored in an Excel file which can be downloaded here. This Excel fil can be uploaded in statistical programs such as SPSS or R.

Cite as:

Veenhoven, R. (20??)
States of Nations: Data file for the cross-national analysis of happiness
World Database of Happiness, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Assessed on (date) at: https://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/related-sources/data-set-states-of-nations/ (+ year)