health2025

Social support — Social connections

Compare social support — social connections across 47 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 OECD reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
89.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
Median: 89.6Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
Countries Covered
47
with available data
Highest
Iceland
97.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
Lowest
South Korea
79.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
Top 5 Countries
1Iceland97.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
2Finland94.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
3Denmark94.6Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
4Norway94.4Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
5Hungary94.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
By Region
Oceania91.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over(2 countries)
Europe90.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over(29 countries)
North America88.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over(3 countries)
Other85.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over(2 countries)
South America85.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over(5 countries)
Key Findings
  • 47 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of population aged 15 years or over observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
  • Iceland has the highest published value (97.6618 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over).
  • South Korea has the lowest published value (79.817 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (79.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over)High (97.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 89.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over)

Oceania (2)
Europe (29)
North America (3)
Other (2)
South America (5)
Asia (5)
Africa (1)

Percentile Profile

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

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About This Statistic

Current well-being: Social support — Social connections. Unit: Percentage of population aged 15 years or over. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 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: Social support — Social connections. Unit: Percentage of population aged 15 years or over. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Iceland97.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
2Finland94.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
3Denmark94.6Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
4Norway94.4Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
5Hungary94.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
6Slovenia93.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
7Slovakia92.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
8Estonia92.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
9Czech Republic92.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
10New Zealand92.6Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
11Sweden92.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
12Bulgaria92.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
13Israel92.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
14Latvia92.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
15Ireland92.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
16Spain91.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
17Switzerland91.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
18Netherlands90.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
19Canada90.6Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
20United States of America90.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
21Belgium90.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
22Argentina90.3Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
23Australia89.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
24Germany89.6Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
25Croatia89.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
26Costa Rica89.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
27Austria88.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
28Lithuania88.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
29Luxembourg88.6Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
30United Kingdom88.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
31Portugal87.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
32Poland87.7Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
33France87.6Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
34Chile87.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
35Thailand87.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
36Japan86.5Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
37Italy86.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
38Brazil86.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
39Mexico85.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
40Colombia84.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
41Türkiye82.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
42South Africa82.0Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
43Greece81.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
44Peru80.2Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
45Indonesia80.1Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
46Romania79.9Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
47South Korea79.8Percentage of population aged 15 years or over
Showing 47 of 47 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2025).

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