Happiness index - Country rankings

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Happiness Index, 0 (unhappy) - 10 (happy), 2020 - Country rankings:

The average for 2020 based on 150 countries was 5.48 points.The highest value was in Finland: 7.81 points and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 2.57 points. The indicator is available from 2013 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: points; Source: The World Happiness Report

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1. Finland

2. Denmark

3. Switzerland

4. Iceland

5. Norway

6. Netherlands

7. Sweden

8. New Zealand

9. Austria

10. Luxembourg

11. Canada

12. Australia

13. UK

14. Israel

15. Costa Rica

16. Ireland

17. Germany

18. USA

19. Czech Rep.

20. Belgium

21. UA Emirates

22. Malta

23. France

24. Mexico

25. Taiwan

26. Uruguay

27. Saudi Arabia

28. Guatemala

29. Spain

30. Italy

31. Brazil

32. Singapore

33. Slovenia

34. El Salvador

35. Panama

36. Slovakia

37. Uzbekistan

38. Bahrain

39. Chile

40. Lithuania

41. Poland

42. Tr.&Tobago

43. Colombia

44. Nicaragua

45. Romania

46. Kuwait

47. Mauritius

48. Kazakhstan

49. Estonia

50. Philippines

51. Hungary

52. Thailand

53. Argentina

54. Honduras

55. Latvia

56. Ecuador

57. Portugal

58. Jamaica

59. Japan

60. South Korea

61. Peru

62. Serbia

63. Bolivia

64. Domin. Rep.

65. Pakistan

66. Paraguay

67. Bosnia & Herz.

68. Moldova

69. Tajikistan

70. Montenegro

71. Russia

72. Belarus

73. Cyprus

74. Kyrgyzstan

75. Greece

76. Hong Kong

77. Croatia

78. Libya

79. Mongolia

80. Malaysia

81. Vietnam

82. Indonesia

83. Ivory Coast

84. Benin

85. Maldives

86. R. of Congo

87. Azerbaijan

88. Macedonia

89. Ghana

90. Nepal

91. Turkey

92. China

93. Turkmenistan

94. Bulgaria

95. Morocco

96. Cameroon

97. Venezuela

98. Algeria

99. Senegal

100. Guinea

101. Niger

102. Laos

103. Albania

104. Cambodia

105. Bangladesh

106. Gabon

107. South Africa

108. Iraq

109. Burkina Faso

110. Lebanon

111. Gambia

112. Mali

113. Nigeria

114. Armenia

115. Georgia

116. Iran

117. Jordan

118. Mozambique

119. Kenya

120. Namibia

121. Liberia

122. Ukraine

123. Palestine

124. Uganda

125. Chad

126. Tunisia

127. Mauritania

128. Sri Lanka

129. Burma

130. DR Congo

131. Swaziland

132. Comoros

133. Ethiopia

134. Togo

135. Madagascar

136. Egypt

137. Sierra Leone

138. Burundi

139. Zambia

140. Haiti

141. Lesotho

142. India

143. Malawi

144. Yemen

145. Botswana

146. C.A. Republic

147. Tanzania

148. Rwanda

149. Zimbabwe

150. Afghanistan

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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