* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Happiness Index, 0 (unhappy) - 10 (happy), 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 138 countries was 5.56 points. The highest value was in Finland: 7.74 points and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 1.72 points. The indicator is available from 2013 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: points; Source: The World Happiness Report
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Happiness index, 2024 Global rank Available data
Finland 7.74 1 2013 - 2024
Denmark 7.58 2 2013 - 2024
Iceland 7.53 3 2013 - 2024
Israel 7.34 4 2013 - 2024
Sweden 7.34 5 2013 - 2024
Netherlands 7.32 6 2013 - 2024
Norway 7.3 7 2013 - 2024
Luxembourg 7.12 8 2013 - 2024
Australia 7.06 9 2013 - 2024
Switzerland 7.06 10 2013 - 2024
New Zealand 7.03 11 2013 - 2024
Costa Rica 6.96 12 2013 - 2024
Kuwait 6.95 13 2013 - 2024
Austria 6.91 14 2013 - 2024
Canada 6.9 15 2013 - 2024
Belgium 6.89 16 2013 - 2024
Ireland 6.84 17 2013 - 2024
Czechia 6.82 18 2013 - 2024
Lithuania 6.82 19 2013 - 2024
UK 6.75 20 2013 - 2024
Slovenia 6.74 21 2013 - 2024
UA Emirates 6.73 22 2013 - 2024
USA 6.73 23 2013 - 2024
Germany 6.72 24 2013 - 2024
Mexico 6.68 25 2013 - 2024
France 6.61 26 2013 - 2024
Uruguay 6.61 27 2013 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 6.59 28 2013 - 2024
Singapore 6.52 29 2013 - 2024
Taiwan 6.5 30 2013 - 2024
Romania 6.49 31 2013 - 2024
El Salvador 6.47 32 2013 - 2024
Estonia 6.45 33 2013 - 2024
Poland 6.44 34 2013 - 2024
Spain 6.42 35 2013 - 2024
Serbia 6.41 36 2013 - 2024
Chile 6.36 37 2013 - 2024
Panama 6.36 38 2013 - 2024
Malta 6.35 39 2013 - 2024
Italy 6.32 40 2013 - 2024
Guatemala 6.29 41 2013 - 2024
Nicaragua 6.28 42 2013 - 2024
Brazil 6.27 43 2013 - 2024
Slovakia 6.26 44 2013 - 2024
Latvia 6.23 45 2013 - 2024
Uzbekistan 6.2 46 2013 - 2024
Argentina 6.19 47 2013 - 2024
Kazakhstan 6.19 48 2013 - 2024
Cyprus 6.07 49 2013 - 2024
Japan 6.06 50 2013 - 2024
South Korea 6.06 51 2013 - 2024
Philippines 6.05 52 2013 - 2024
Vietnam 6.04 53 2013 - 2024
Portugal 6.03 54 2013 - 2024
Hungary 6.02 55 2013 - 2024
Malaysia 5.98 56 2013 - 2024
Paraguay 5.98 57 2013 - 2024
Thailand 5.98 58 2013 - 2024
China 5.97 59 2013 - 2024
Honduras 5.97 60 2013 - 2024
Bahrain 5.96 61 2013 - 2024
Croatia 5.94 62 2013 - 2024
Greece 5.93 63 2013 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 5.88 64 2013 - 2024
Libya 5.87 65 2013 - 2024
Jamaica 5.84 66 2013 - 2024
Peru 5.84 67 2013 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 5.82 68 2013 - 2024
Mauritius 5.82 69 2013 - 2024
Moldova 5.82 70 2013 - 2024
Russia 5.79 71 2013 - 2024
Bolivia 5.78 72 2013 - 2024
Ecuador 5.73 73 2013 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 5.71 74 2013 - 2024
Montenegro 5.71 75 2013 - 2024
Colombia 5.7 76 2013 - 2024
Mongolia 5.7 77 2013 - 2024
Venezuela 5.61 78 2013 - 2024
Indonesia 5.57 79 2013 - 2024
Armenia 5.46 80 2013 - 2024
Bulgaria 5.46 81 2013 - 2024
South Africa 5.42 82 2013 - 2024
North Macedonia 5.37 83 2013 - 2024
Algeria 5.36 84 2013 - 2024
Hong Kong 5.32 85 2013 - 2024
Albania 5.3 86 2013 - 2024
Tajikistan 5.28 87 2013 - 2024
Mozambique 5.22 88 2017 - 2024
Georgia 5.19 89 2013 - 2024
Iraq 5.17 90 2013 - 2024
Nepal 5.16 91 2013 - 2024
Laos 5.14 92 2013 - 2024
Gabon 5.11 93 2013 - 2024
Ivory Coast 5.08 94 2015 - 2024
Guinea 5.02 95 2013 - 2024
Turkey 4.98 96 2013 - 2024
Senegal 4.97 97 2013 - 2024
Iran 4.92 98 2013 - 2024
Azerbaijan 4.89 99 2013 - 2024
Nigeria 4.88 100 2013 - 2024
Cameroon 4.87 101 2013 - 2024
Ukraine 4.87 102 2013 - 2024
Namibia 4.83 103 2016 - 2024
Morocco 4.8 104 2013 - 2024
Pakistan 4.66 105 2013 - 2024
Niger 4.56 106 2013 - 2024
Burkina Faso 4.55 107 2013 - 2024
Mauritania 4.51 108 2013 - 2024
Gambia 4.49 109 2019 - 2024
Chad 4.47 110 2013 - 2024
Kenya 4.47 111 2013 - 2024
Tunisia 4.42 112 2013 - 2024
Benin 4.38 113 2013 - 2024
Uganda 4.37 114 2013 - 2024
Burma 4.35 115 2013 - 2024
Cambodia 4.34 116 2013 - 2024
Ghana 4.29 117 2013 - 2024
Liberia 4.27 118 2013 - 2024
Madagascar 4.23 119 2013 - 2024
Mali 4.23 120 2013 - 2024
Togo 4.21 121 2013 - 2024
Jordan 4.19 122 2013 - 2024
India 4.05 123 2013 - 2024
Egypt 3.98 124 2013 - 2024
Sri Lanka 3.9 125 2013 - 2024
Bangladesh 3.89 126 2013 - 2024
Ethiopia 3.86 127 2013 - 2024
Tanzania 3.78 128 2013 - 2024
Yemen 3.56 129 2013 - 2024
Swaziland 3.5 130 2013 - 2024
Zambia 3.5 131 2013 - 2024
Malawi 3.42 132 2013 - 2024
Botswana 3.38 133 2013 - 2024
Zimbabwe 3.34 134 2013 - 2024
Sierra Leone 3.25 135 2013 - 2024
Lesotho 3.19 136 2013 - 2024
Lebanon 2.71 137 2013 - 2024
Afghanistan 1.72 138 2013 - 2024



Definition: The Happiness ranking is part of the World Happiness Report. The country scores are based on a survey in which respondents evaluate the quality of their current lives on a scale of 0 to 10.

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