Japan vs United States

Wellbeing & wealth-to-wellbeing conversion · 2024

Japan converts wealth into wellbeing more efficiently — by 17.0 points of conversion residual (Japan +3.3 vs United States -13.6).

MetricJapanUnited States
Health 94.5 73.3
Time & work–life 68.3 65.0
Economic security 68.6 46.4
Safety 87.4 73.4
Social connection 43.0 59.1
Environment 66.0 85.3
Composite (W) 69.2 65.9
Conversion residual 3.3 -13.6

Bold = higher score. Higher is better for every row (conversion residual: higher = delivers more wellbeing than its wealth predicts).

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