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Happiness vs. life satisfaction

The vertical axis shows average self-reported life satisfaction scores in the Cantril Ladder. The horizontal axis shows the share of people who say they are 'very happy' or 'rather happy' — as opposed to 'not very happy' or 'not at all happy'.

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16 Mar 2026
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Wellbeing Research Centre (2026); Integrated Values Surveys (2024)

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