Happy Life Years (HLY) is a measure of is how long and happy the average citizen of a country lives.
Computation: HLY = 0-1 m * life, where: m is mean happiness and life is life expectancy at birth
This concept is discussed in Veenhoven, R. Happy life-expectancy. A comprehensive measure of quality-of-life in nations Social Indicators Research, 1996, vol. 39, pp. 1-58
Variable | Description | Code | Nation | Since | Source Trend average happiness in nations Trend life expectancy in nations |
Happy Life Years | Computed from ls4_be and life_be | hly_be | Belgium | 1973 | |
Computed from ls4_de and life_de | hly_de | Germany (re-united) | 1991 | ||
Computed from ls4_dee and life_dee | hly_dee | Germany (former East) | 1990 | ||
Computed from ls4_dew and life_dew | hly_dew | Germany (former West) | 1973 | ||
Computed from ls4_dk and life_dk | hly_dk | Denmark | 1973 | ||
Computed from ls4_eu8 and life_eu8 | hly_eu9* | EU-9 | 1973 | ||
Computed from ls4_fr and life_fr | hly_fr | France | 1973 | ||
Computed from ls4_gr and life_gr | hly_gr | Greece | 1981 | ||
Computed from ls4_ie and life_ie | hly_ie | Ireland | 1973 | ||
Computed from ls4_it and life_it | hly_it | Italy | 1973 | ||
Computed from ls45_jp and life_jp | hly_jp | Japan | 1958 | ||
Computed from ls4_lu and life_lu | hly_lu | Luxemburg | 1973 | ||
Computed from ls4_nl and life_nl | hly_nl | Netherlands | 1973 | ||
Computed from ls4_pt and life_pt | hly_pt | Portugal | 1985 | ||
Computed from ls4_sp and life_sp | hly_sp | Spain | 1985 | ||
Computed from ls4_uk and life_uk | hly_uk | UK (Great Britain) | 1973 | ||
Computed from mix_us and life_us | hly_us | USA | 1948 | ||
* Weighted average: EU-9 (2015) = Belgium x 0.036 + Denmark x 0,018 + France x 0,213 + West-Gernamy x 0,260 + Ireland x 0,015 + Italy x 0,195 + Luxemburg x 0,002 + Netherlands x 0,054 + UK x 0,208
Same variable in data file ‘States of Nations’ Happy Life Years