health2022

Feeling lonely — Social connections

Compare feeling lonely — social connections across 29 countries or territories using one fixed 2022 OECD reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
6.4Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
Median: 5.7Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
Countries Covered
29
with available data
Highest
Canada
13.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
Lowest
Norway
3.1Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
Top 5 Countries
1Canada13.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
2France10.8Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
3Lithuania8.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
4Croatia8.3Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
5Portugal8.1Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
By Region
North America13.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over(1 countries)
Europe6.2Percentage of population aged 16 years or over(27 countries)
Asia4.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over(1 countries)
Key Findings
  • 29 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of population aged 16 years or over observation in the fixed 2022 slice.
  • Canada has the highest published value (13.85 Percentage of population aged 16 years or over).
  • Norway has the lowest published value (3.13137 Percentage of population aged 16 years or over).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (3.1Percentage of population aged 16 years or over)High (13.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 6.4Percentage of population aged 16 years or over)

North America (1)
Europe (27)
Asia (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Current well-being: Feeling lonely — Social connections. Unit: Percentage of population aged 16 years or over. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2022 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Current well-being: Feeling lonely — Social connections. Unit: Percentage of population aged 16 years or over. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Canada13.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
2France10.8Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
3Lithuania8.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
4Croatia8.3Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
5Portugal8.1Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
6Hungary8.1Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
7Romania8.1Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
8Sweden7.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
9Bulgaria7.6Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
10Greece7.2Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
11Finland7.2Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
12Estonia6.6Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
13Latvia6.4Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
14United Kingdom6.2Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
15Netherlands5.7Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
16Spain5.4Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
17Belgium5.3Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
18Italy5.3Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
19Czech Republic5.2Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
20Poland5.1Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
21Denmark5.1Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
22Japan4.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
23Luxembourg4.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
24Austria4.3Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
25Slovakia4.2Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
26Switzerland4.0Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
27Slovenia3.9Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
28Ireland3.6Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
29Norway3.1Percentage of population aged 16 years or over
Showing 29 of 29 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2022).

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