Happiness Index by Country

Happiness Index by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 163 countries for 2025, sourced from Our World in Data. See also Corruption Perception and Democracy Index.

HighestFinland7.8

LowestAfghanistan1.4

Average5.5163 countries

Year2025latest available

💡 Finland tops the list, while Afghanistan sits at the lower end, showing wide variation.

Top 10 countries

Finland7.8

Iceland7.5

Denmark7.5

Costa Rica7.4

Sweden7.3

Norway7.2

Netherlands7.2

Israel7.2

Luxembourg7.1

Puerto Rico7

Happiness Index: full country ranking (2025)

#	Country	Happiness Index
1	Finland	7.8
2	Iceland	7.5
3	Denmark	7.5
4	Costa Rica	7.4
5	Sweden	7.3
6	Norway	7.2
7	Netherlands	7.2
8	Israel	7.2
9	Luxembourg	7.1
10	Puerto Rico	7
11	Switzerland	7
12	New Zealand	7
13	Mexico	7
14	Ireland	6.9
15	Belgium	6.9
16	Australia	6.9
17	Germany	6.9
18	Slovenia	6.9
19	Austria	6.8
20	Czechia	6.8
21	United Arab Emirates	6.8
22	Saudi Arabia	6.8
23	United States	6.8
24	Poland	6.8
25	Canada	6.7
26	Belize	6.7
27	Lithuania	6.7
28	United Kingdom	6.7
29	Serbia	6.7
30	Uruguay	6.6
31	Brazil	6.6
32	Kazakhstan	6.6
33	Romania	6.6
34	France	6.6
35	Singapore	6.6
36	El Salvador	6.6
37	Italy	6.6
38	Panama	6.5
39	Kuwait	6.5
40	Spain	6.5
41	Guatemala	6.5
42	Malta	6.4
43	Argentina	6.4
44	Vietnam	6.4
45	Estonia	6.4
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.4
47	Qatar	6.4
48	Latvia	6.4
49	Jamaica	6.3
50	Chile	6.3
51	Nicaragua	6.3
52	Thailand	6.3
53	Uzbekistan	6.3
54	Suriname	6.3
55	Slovakia	6.3
56	Bahrain	6.3
57	Philippines	6.2
58	Paraguay	6.2
59	Oman	6.2
60	Ecuador	6.1
61	Montenegro	6.1
62	Japan	6.1
63	Cyprus	6.1
64	Honduras	6.1
65	Dominican Republic	6.1
66	China	6.1
67	Kyrgyzstan	6
68	Colombia	6
69	South Korea	6
70	Portugal	6
71	Croatia	6
72	Malaysia	6
73	Guyana	6
74	Peru	6
75	Mauritius	5.9
76	Hungary	5.9
77	Mongolia	5.9
78	Trinidad and Tobago	5.9
79	Moldova	5.9
80	Bolivia	5.8
81	Russia	5.8
82	Belarus	5.8
83	Venezuela	5.8
84	Libya	5.7
85	North Macedonia	5.7
86	Algeria	5.7
87	Bulgaria	5.7
88	Greece	5.7
89	Albania	5.7
90	Indonesia	5.6
91	Tajikistan	5.6
92	Armenia	5.6
93	Hong Kong	5.6
94	Georgia	5.5
95	Laos	5.5
96	Turkmenistan	5.5
97	Cuba	5.4
98	Mozambique	5.3
99	Turkey	5.3
100	Iraq	5.2
101	Maldives	5.2
102	Gabon	5.2
103	Iran	5.2
104	Cote d'Ivoire	5.1
105	Nepal	5.1
106	Cameroon	5.1
107	Bhutan	5.1
108	South Africa	5
109	Azerbaijan	5
110	Niger	4.9
111	Pakistan	4.9
112	Tunisia	4.8
113	Nigeria	4.8
114	Senegal	4.8
115	Namibia	4.8
116	Palestine	4.7
117	Kenya	4.7
118	Ukraine	4.7
119	Morocco	4.6
120	Guinea	4.6
121	Mali	4.6
122	Ghana	4.6
123	India	4.5
124	Somalia	4.5
125	Uganda	4.5
126	Jordan	4.5
127	Mauritania	4.5
128	Cambodia	4.5
129	Congo	4.5
130	Burkina Faso	4.5
131	Benin	4.4
132	Chad	4.4
133	Lesotho	4.4
134	Djibouti	4.4
135	Bangladesh	4.3
136	Gambia	4.3
137	Myanmar	4.3
138	Liberia	4.3
139	Togo	4.3
140	Madagascar	4.2
141	Sudan	4.1
142	Zambia	4.1
143	Sri Lanka	4
144	Ethiopia	4
145	Comoros	3.9
146	Eswatini	3.9
147	Tanzania	3.9
148	Egypt	3.9
149	Angola	3.8
150	Burundi	3.8
151	Democratic Republic of Congo	3.8
152	Lebanon	3.7
153	Haiti	3.6
154	Yemen	3.5
155	Central African Republic	3.5
156	Botswana	3.5
157	Syria	3.5
158	Zimbabwe	3.3
159	Malawi	3.3
160	Rwanda	3.3
161	Sierra Leone	3.3
162	South Sudan	2.8
163	Afghanistan	1.4

Source: Our World in Data. Latest available year: 2025. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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