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Interesting World Values Graphs

Whilst reading Culture Matters I came across an interesting set of graphs that display the worlds values for over 65 societies and 75% of the world’s population (data initially supplied by World Values Survey). It’s amazing how culture and society have influences on the economy, which in turn has influence on well-being and happiness.

It’s really interesting to see the world in this way; how it is. Not from a tourist point of view(oh they look happy/unhappy) but through a global standard of metrics that allow a world view to be formed.

Below are the graphs (from here).

Survival and Well Being as related to per capita GNP

Mapping Authority and Survival or Well Being

Materialist/Postmaterialst values battery

Subjective well-being by level of economic development