World Happiness Report

The World Happiness Report is a publication that contains articles and rankings of national happiness, based on respondent ratings of their own lives,^[1] which the report also correlates with many (quality of) life factors.^[2]

Since 2024, the report has been published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, in partnership with Gallup, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and an independent editorial board.^[3] The editorial board consists of the three founding editors, John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard, and Jeffrey D. Sachs, along with Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Lara Aknin, and Shun Wang.^[4]

The report primarily uses data from the Gallup World Poll. As of Febuary 2025, Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world 8 times in a row.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

2025 report

The 2025 report features the happiness score averaged over the years 2022–2024.^[10]

Table

Overall rank	Country or region	Score	Log GDP per capita	Social support	Healthy life expectancy	Freedom to make life choices	Generosity	Perceptions of corruption	Dystopia + residual
1	Finland	7.736	1.749	1.783	0.824	0.986	0.110	0.502	1.782
2	Denmark	7.521	1.825	1.748	0.820	0.955	0.150	0.488	1.535
3	Iceland	7.515	1.799	1.840	0.873	0.971	0.201	0.173	1.659
4	Sweden	7.345	1.783	1.698	0.889	0.952	0.170	0.467	1.385
5	Netherlands	7.306	1.822	1.667	0.844	0.860	0.186	0.344	1.583
6	Costa Rica	7.274	1.492	1.600	0.680	0.948	0.067	0.118	2.369
7	Norway	7.262	1.902	1.711	0.863	0.962	0.168	0.425	1.231
8	Israel	7.234	1.695	1.743	0.824	0.740	0.144	0.193	1.895
9	Luxembourg	7.122	2.028	1.558	0.864	0.931	0.117	0.397	1.227
10	Mexico	6.979	1.435	1.504	0.550	0.879	0.057	0.118	2.438
11	Australia	6.974	1.767	1.647	0.841	0.857	0.164	0.285	1.413
12	New Zealand	6.952	1.698	1.712	0.815	0.861	0.167	0.429	1.270
13	Switzerland	6.935	1.870	1.622	0.883	0.889	0.156	0.468	1.047
14	Belgium	6.910	1.783	1.646	0.852	0.895	0.119	0.306	1.309
15	Ireland	6.889	1.988	1.659	0.823	0.906	0.179	0.382	0.952
16	Lithuania	6.829	1.684	1.699	0.592	0.702	0.031	0.123	1.998
17	Austria	6.810	1.791	1.592	0.814	0.856	0.179	0.280	1.297
18	Canada	6.803	1.749	1.647	0.832	0.813	0.168	0.323	1.271
19	Slovenia	6.792	1.692	1.718	0.802	0.961	0.121	0.113	1.384
20	Czechia	6.775	1.692	1.716	0.658	0.916	0.118	0.084	1.591
21	United Arab Emirates	6.759	1.812	1.294	0.659	0.934	0.165	0.235	1.660
22	Germany	6.753	1.785	1.625	0.776	0.858	0.148	0.351	1.210
23	United Kingdom	6.728	1.725	1.562	0.779	0.872	0.211	0.318	1.260
24	United States	6.724	1.839	1.614	0.604	0.644	0.171	0.161	1.690
25	Belize	6.711	1.256	1.540	0.525	1.018	0.072	0.082	2.218
26	Poland	6.673	1.666	1.595	0.630	0.790	0.021	0.169	1.802
27	Taiwan	6.669	1.730	1.583	0.817	0.760	0.057	0.187	1.534
28	Uruguay	6.661	1.554	1.654	0.523	0.913	0.078	0.197	1.741
29	Kosovo	6.659	1.281	1.454	0.896	0.893	0.201	0.087	1.847
30	Kuwait	6.629	1.691	1.481	0.766	0.934	0.143	0.167	1.448
31	Serbia	6.606	1.489	1.620	0.545	0.767	0.131	0.107	1.946
32	Saudi Arabia	6.600	1.743	1.566	0.714	0.915	0.105	0.187	1.370
33	France	6.593	1.733	1.535	0.832	0.743	0.099	0.264	1.386
34	Singapore	6.565	2.022	1.565	0.935	0.856	0.164	0.522	0.501
35	Romania	6.563	1.636	1.401	0.561	0.847	0.028	0.015	2.075
36	Brazil	6.494	1.391	1.519	0.480	0.830	0.089	0.127	2.057
37	El Salvador	6.492	1.222	1.228	0.559	0.955	0.054	0.264	2.211
38	Spain	6.466	1.690	1.685	0.894	0.734	0.112	0.180	1.170
39	Estonia	6.417	1.650	1.716	0.642	0.902	0.128	0.378	1.001
40	Italy	6.415	1.724	1.526	0.852	0.641	0.082	0.071	1.517
41	Panama	6.407	1.594	1.600	0.717	0.876	0.041	0.042	1.537
42	Argentina	6.397	1.504	1.622	0.579	0.824	0.048	0.083	1.736
43	Kazakhstan	6.378	1.586	1.688	0.504	0.878	0.111	0.118	1.492
44	Guatemala	6.362	1.249	1.330	0.376	0.882	0.075	0.085	2.365
45	Chile	6.361	1.537	1.577	0.711	0.779	0.093	0.085	1.579
46	Vietnam	6.352	1.278	1.533	0.631	1.012	0.039	0.174	1.684
47	Nicaragua	6.330	1.084	1.470	0.646	0.912	0.103	0.271	1.844
48	Malta	6.316	1.760	1.671	0.837	0.837	0.217	0.115	0.879
49	Thailand	6.222	1.426	1.551	0.633	0.927	0.223	0.039	1.423
50	Slovakia	6.221	1.629	1.762	0.547	0.704	0.058	0.070	1.451
51	Latvia	6.207	1.619	1.711	0.503	0.789	0.108	0.082	1.396
52	Oman	6.197	1.603	1.411	0.500	0.930	0.142
53	Uzbekistan	6.193	1.179	1.615	0.654	0.977	0.195	0.208	1.364
54	Paraguay	6.172	1.329	1.615	0.291	0.921	0.097	0.063	1.857
55	Japan	6.147	1.678	1.550	0.921	0.746	0.014	0.200	1.038
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.136	1.405	1.545	0.616	0.749	0.178	0.009	1.635
57	Philippines	6.107	1.177	1.385	0.315	0.966	0.075	0.110	2.079
58	South Korea	6.038	1.709	1.357	0.903	0.678	0.100	0.139	1.152
59	Bahrain	6.030	1.752	1.391	0.609	0.907	0.148	0.167	1.057
60	Portugal	6.013	1.646	1.560	0.822	0.879	0.040	0.034	1.032
61	Colombia	6.004	1.380	1.513	0.587	0.777	0.039	0.051	1.658
62	Ecuador	5.965	1.299	1.320	0.702	0.712	0.058	0.066	1.808
63	Honduras	5.964	1.036	1.187	0.436	0.862	0.134	0.079	2.229
64	Malaysia	5.955	1.571	1.315	0.446	0.991	0.181	0.110	1.341
65	Peru	5.947	1.323	1.364	0.551	0.710	0.050	0.021	1.929
66	Russian Federation	5.945	1.630	1.549	0.470	0.702	0.095	0.125	1.373
67	Cyprus	5.942	1.720	1.348	0.840	0.612	0.108	0.041	1.273
68	China	5.921	1.445	1.307	0.789	0.764	0.079	0.154	1.382
69	Hungary	5.915	1.638	1.742	0.587	0.681	0.099	0.057	1.111
70	Trinidad and Tobago	5.905	1.549	1.532	0.419	0.760	0.111	0.001	1.533
71	Montenegro	5.877	1.507	1.551	0.618	0.768	0.075	0.138	1.220
72	Croatia	5.870	1.644	1.673	0.669	0.478	0.022	0.065	1.319
73	Jamaica	5.870	1.182	1.545	0.504	0.869	0.075	0.019	1.676
74	Bolivia	5.868	1.173	1.356	0.346	0.817	0.067	0.052	2.057
75	Kyrgyzstan	5.858	1.032	1.715	0.647	0.981	0.169	0.053	1.261
76	Dominican Republic	5.846	1.457	1.500	0.615	0.866	0.063	0.186	1.160
77	Mongolia	5.833	1.336	1.731	0.423	0.629	0.180	0.053	1.481
78	Mauritius	5.832	1.499	1.521	0.617	0.761	0.095	0.130	1.209
79	Libya	5.820	1.247	1.309	0.549	0.724	0.111	0.214	1.666
80	Republic of Moldova	5.819	1.332	1.430	0.414	0.830	0.054	0.037	1.722
81	Greece	5.776	1.608	1.438	0.725	0.396	0.003	0.063	1.543
82	Venezuela	5.683	0.000	1.493	0.515	0.702	0.154	0.117	2.701
83	Indonesia	5.617	1.288	1.372	0.454	0.918	0.323	0.044	1.218
84	Algeria	5.571	1.315	1.363	0.782	0.522	0.057	0.219	1.313
85	Bulgaria	5.554	1.573	1.725	0.463	0.708	0.055	0.000	1.029
86	North Macedonia	5.503	1.458	1.537	0.544	0.637	0.130	0.007	1.190
87	Armenia	5.494	1.391	1.349	0.828	0.786	0.032	0.158	0.950
88	Hong Kong	5.491	1.790	1.410	0.948	0.674	0.116	0.386	0.168
89	Albania	5.411	1.371	1.122	0.696	0.841	0.103	0.057	1.220
90	Tajikistan	5.411	0.914	1.555	0.658		0.085	0.342
91	Georgia	5.400	1.444	1.275	0.482	0.844	0.000	0.172	1.182
92	Nepal	5.311	0.944	1.210	0.463	0.764	0.155	0.099	1.676
93	Laos	5.301	1.122	1.010	0.493	0.916	0.145	0.164	1.452
94	Turkey	5.262	1.582	1.444	0.626	0.244	0.040	0.104	1.223
95	South Africa	5.213	1.283	1.465	0.142	0.676	0.064	0.043	1.540
96	Mozambique	5.190	0.559	1.131	0.124	0.813	0.127	0.173	2.262
97	Gabon	5.120	1.386	1.224	0.387	0.651	0.042	0.086	1.343
98	Ivory Coast	5.102	1.038	0.760	0.206	0.661	0.100	0.162	2.176
99	Iran	5.093	1.330	1.367	0.609	0.456	0.202	0.122	1.007
100	Congo	5.030	1.023	0.796	0.336	0.626	0.082	0.126	2.040
101	Iraq	4.976	1.261	1.275	0.589	0.503	0.100	0.069	1.178
102	Guinea	4.929	0.873	0.791	0.306	0.676	0.157	0.098	2.027
103	Namibia	4.911	1.182	1.482	0.104	0.564	0.052	0.056	1.470
104	Cameroon	4.887	0.944	0.986	0.302	0.662	0.099	0.060	1.834
105	Nigeria	4.885	0.989	1.245	0.380	0.639	0.170	0.028	1.433
106	Azerbaijan	4.875	1.428	1.030	0.707	0.785	0.076	0.179	0.670
107	Senegal	4.856	0.907	0.977	0.433	0.767	0.129	0.090	1.553
108	Palestine	4.780	1.047	1.456		0.618	0.055	0.081
109	Pakistan	4.768	0.982	0.759	0.417	0.529	0.136	0.046	1.898
110	Niger	4.725	0.606	0.796	0.258	0.759	0.122	0.137	2.048
111	Ukraine	4.680	1.328	1.472	0.472	0.689	0.245	0.023	0.451
112	Morocco	4.622	1.139	0.635	0.585	0.748	0.031	0.095	1.388
113	Tunisia	4.552	1.257	1.224	0.459	0.382	0.032	0.050	1.149
114	Mauritania	4.542	1.023	0.919	0.516	0.454	0.113	0.195	1.323
115	Kenya	4.510	0.994	1.047	0.448	0.649	0.220	0.073	1.079
116	Uganda	4.461	0.762	1.342	0.396	0.751	0.148	0.050	1.012
117	Gambia	4.423	0.778	0.958	0.348	0.611	0.255	0.045	1.428
118	India	4.389	1.149	0.860	0.316	0.914	0.141	0.120	0.889
119	Chad	4.384	0.592	0.902	0.242	0.477	0.175	0.111	1.884
120	Burkina Faso	4.383	0.724	0.828	0.296	0.671	0.142	0.218	1.504
121	Benin	4.357	0.855	0.228	0.357	0.679	0.092	0.238	1.909
122	Somalia	4.347	0.535	0.877	0.046	0.916	0.206	0.192	1.575
123	Mali	4.345	0.709	0.908	0.318	0.767	0.093	0.114	1.436
124	Cambodia	4.341	1.049	1.215	0.481	0.988	0.138	0.078	0.393
125	Ghana	4.340	1.053	1.010	0.438	0.771	0.139	0.025	0.904
126	Myanmar	4.321	0.975	1.144	0.446	0.569	0.322	0.163	0.702
127	Togo	4.315	0.757	0.736	0.378	0.576	0.097	0.153	1.618
128	Jordan	4.310	1.158	1.202	0.573	0.700	0.051	0.164	0.461
129	Liberia	4.277	0.582	0.888	0.324	0.653	0.143	0.068	1.618
130	Madagascar	4.157	0.588	0.938	0.341	0.292	0.131	0.118	1.751
131	Zambia	3.912	0.848	1.013	0.233	0.872	0.131	0.107	0.709
132	Ethiopia	3.898	0.757	1.051	0.416	0.540	0.182	0.100	0.852
133	Sri Lanka	3.891	1.271	1.308	0.567	0.696	0.121	0.025	-0.099
134	Bangladesh	3.851	1.116	0.286	0.592	0.920	0.110	0.132	0.695
135	Egypt	3.817	1.347	1.075	0.473	0.593	0.018	0.103	0.210
136	Tanzania	3.800	0.847	0.908	0.411	0.858	0.153	0.243	0.380
137	Eswatini	3.774	1.183	1.152	0.038	0.428	0.054	0.130	0.790
138	Lesotho	3.757	0.737	1.131	0.000	0.606	0.065	0.072	1.145
139	Comoros	3.754	0.835	0.501	0.428	0.260	0.117	0.164	1.450
140	Yemen	3.561	0.631	1.482	0.375	0.447	0.066	0.106	0.454
141	DR Congo	3.469	0.544	0.929	0.278	0.600	0.151	0.061	0.906
142	Botswana	3.438	1.388	1.146	0.094	0.697	0.018	0.083	0.012
143	Zimbabwe	3.396	0.827	0.961	0.178	0.598	0.065	0.131	0.636
144	Malawi	3.260	0.588	0.489	0.280	0.677	0.115	0.136	0.975
145	Lebanon	3.188	1.223	0.984	0.440	0.279	0.071	0.041	0.150
146	Sierra Leone	2.998	0.786	0.692	0.327	0.613	0.138	0.052	0.391
147	Afghanistan	1.364	0.649	0.000	0.155	0.000	0.075	0.135	0.348