Happiest Countries in the World 2026

World Happiness Report 2025 · Gallup · Cantril Ladder methodology

Ranked

151

Thriving

Suffering

Global Avg

5.48

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WORLD HAPPINESS SCORE (0–10)

Top 6 Happiest Countries

🇫🇮

Finland

7.74

Thriving

🇩🇰

Denmark

7.52

Thriving

🇮🇸

Iceland

7.52

Thriving

🇸🇪

Sweden

7.35

Thriving

🇳🇱

Netherlands

7.31

Thriving

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Costa Rica

7.27

Thriving

153 of 153 countries

#	Country ↕	Score 2025 ↓	Rank ↕	Region ↕	Tier ↕
1	🇫🇮Finland	7.74	1	Northern Europe	Thriving
2	🇩🇰Denmark	7.52	2	Northern Europe	Thriving
3	🇮🇸Iceland	7.52	3	Northern Europe	Thriving
4	🇸🇪Sweden	7.35	4	Northern Europe	Thriving
5	🇳🇱Netherlands	7.31	5	Western Europe	Thriving
6	🇨🇷Costa Rica	7.27	6	Central America	Thriving
7	🇳🇴Norway	7.26	7	Northern Europe	Thriving
8	🇮🇱Israel	7.23	8	Middle East	Thriving
9	🇱🇺Luxembourg	7.12	9	Western Europe	Thriving
10	🇲🇽Mexico	6.98	10	North America	Content
11	🇦🇺Australia	6.97	11	Oceania	Content
12	🇳🇿New Zealand	6.95	12	Oceania	Content
13	🇨🇭Switzerland	6.94	13	Western Europe	Content
14	🇧🇪Belgium	6.91	14	Western Europe	Content
15	🇮🇪Ireland	6.89	15	Western Europe	Content
16	🇱🇹Lithuania	6.83	16	Northern Europe	Content
17	🇶🇦Qatar	6.82	17	Middle East	Content
18	🇦🇹Austria	6.81	17	Western Europe	Content
19	🇨🇦Canada	6.80	18	North America	Content
20	🇸🇮Slovenia	6.79	19	Southern Europe	Content
21	🇨🇿Czechia	6.78	20	Eastern Europe	Content
22	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.76	21	Middle East	Content
23	🇩🇪Germany	6.75	22	Western Europe	Content
24	🇬🇧United Kingdom	6.73	23	Northern Europe	Content
25	🇺🇸United States	6.72	24	North America	Content
26	🇧🇿Belize	6.71	25	Central America	Content
27	🇵🇱Poland	6.68	26	Eastern Europe	Content
28	🇹🇼Taiwan	6.67	27	East Asia	Content
29	🇸🇬Singapore	6.65	28	Southeast Asia	Content
30	🇵🇦Panama	6.64	29	Central America	Content
31	🇰🇼Kuwait	6.63	30	Middle East	Content
32	🇷🇸Serbia	6.61	31	Eastern Europe	Content
33	🇲🇹Malta	6.61	31	Southern Europe	Content
34	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	6.60	32	Middle East	Content
35	🇫🇷France	6.59	33	Western Europe	Content
36	🇷🇴Romania	6.56	34	Eastern Europe	Content
37	🇪🇸Spain	6.54	35	Southern Europe	Content
38	🇸🇻El Salvador	6.52	36	Central America	Content
39	🇴🇲Oman	6.52	36	Middle East	Content
40	🇬🇹Guatemala	6.50	37	Central America	Content
41	🇺🇾Uruguay	6.47	38	South America	Content
42	🇧🇭Bahrain	6.44	39	Middle East	Content
43	🇮🇹Italy	6.42	39	Southern Europe	Content
44	🇵🇹Portugal	6.37	41	Southern Europe	Content
45	🇨🇾Cyprus	6.36	42	Southern Europe	Content
46	🇱🇻Latvia	6.35	42	Northern Europe	Content
47	🇯🇵Japan	6.29	55	East Asia	Content
48	🇧🇷Brazil	6.25	57	South America	Content
49	🇸🇰Slovakia	6.22	56	Eastern Europe	Content
50	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	6.19	57	Central Asia	Content
51	🇰🇷South Korea	6.15	58	East Asia	Content
52	🇭🇷Croatia	6.12	59	Southern Europe	Content
53	🇭🇺Hungary	6.11	60	Eastern Europe	Content
54	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	6.10	61	Caribbean	Content
55	🇦🇷Argentina	6.04	62	South America	Content
56	🇹🇭Thailand	5.95	66	Southeast Asia	Moderate
57	🇨🇳China	5.91	68	East Asia	Moderate
58	🇲🇺Mauritius	5.89	68	East Africa	Moderate
59	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	5.88	70	Central Asia	Moderate
60	🇲🇪Montenegro	5.88	69	Southern Europe	Moderate
61	🇨🇱Chile	5.85	71	South America	Moderate
62	🇵🇾Paraguay	5.82	72	South America	Moderate
63	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	5.79	72	Caribbean	Moderate
64	🇨🇺Cuba	5.78	73	Caribbean	Moderate
65	🇬🇾Guyana	5.76	74	South America	Moderate
66	🇻🇳Vietnam	5.75	74	Southeast Asia	Moderate
67	🇲🇾Malaysia	5.74	75	Southeast Asia	Moderate
68	🇲🇩Moldova	5.72	75	Eastern Europe	Moderate
69	🇸🇷Suriname	5.72	76	South America	Moderate
70	🇨🇴Colombia	5.68	77	South America	Moderate
71	🇵🇪Peru	5.65	79	South America	Moderate
72	🇮🇩Indonesia	5.63	80	Southeast Asia	Moderate
73	🇷🇺Russia	5.61	81	Eastern Europe	Moderate
74	🇳🇮Nicaragua	5.61	82	Central America	Moderate
75	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	5.59	79	Western Asia	Moderate
76	🇲🇦Morocco	5.53	84	North Africa	Moderate
77	🇯🇲Jamaica	5.53	83	Caribbean	Moderate
78	🇲🇰North Macedonia	5.49	86	Southern Europe	Moderate
79	🇬🇪Georgia	5.47	88	Eastern Europe	Moderate
80	🇲🇳Mongolia	5.45	88	East Asia	Moderate
81	🇦🇱Albania	5.44	87	Southern Europe	Moderate
82	🇧🇾Belarus	5.43	89	Eastern Europe	Moderate
83	🇹🇷Turkey	5.42	90	Western Asia	Moderate
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	5.41	91	South America	Moderate
85	🇦🇲Armenia	5.39	92	Western Asia	Moderate
86	🇭🇳Honduras	5.37	93	Central America	Moderate
87	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	5.35	94	Eastern Europe	Moderate
88	🇻🇪Venezuela	5.34	94	South America	Moderate
89	🇳🇬Nigeria	5.32	95	West Africa	Moderate
90	🇿🇦South Africa	5.32	96	Southern Africa	Moderate
91	🇬🇦Gabon	5.24	96	Central Africa	Moderate
92	🇨🇻Cape Verde	5.23	97	West Africa	Moderate
93	🇹🇯Tajikistan	5.22	97	Central Asia	Moderate
94	🇩🇿Algeria	5.20	98	North Africa	Moderate
95	🇧🇯Benin	5.19	99	West Africa	Moderate
96	🇺🇬Uganda	5.18	100	East Africa	Moderate
97	🇧🇴Bolivia	5.17	101	South America	Moderate
98	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5.14	103	Central Asia	Moderate
99	🇬🇭Ghana	5.10	106	West Africa	Moderate
100	🇵🇭Philippines	5.09	107	Southeast Asia	Moderate
101	🇹🇳Tunisia	5.03	108	North Africa	Moderate
102	🇸🇳Senegal	5.00	109	West Africa	Moderate
103	🇮🇷Iran	4.97	110	Middle East	Struggling
104	🇱🇾Libya	4.97	110	North Africa	Struggling
105	🇬🇲Gambia	4.96	110	West Africa	Struggling
106	🇯🇴Jordan	4.89	111	Middle East	Struggling
107	🇧🇩Bangladesh	4.87	112	South Asia	Struggling
108	🇮🇶Iraq	4.84	113	Middle East	Struggling
109	🇨🇲Cameroon	4.81	114	Central Africa	Struggling
110	🇦🇴Angola	4.68	115	Southern Africa	Struggling
111	🇹🇬Togo	4.65	116	West Africa	Struggling
112	🇳🇦Namibia	4.57	116	Southern Africa	Struggling
113	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	4.52	117	Oceania	Struggling
114	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	4.51	117	West Africa	Struggling
115	🇮🇳India	4.47	118	South Asia	Struggling
116	🇱🇦Laos	4.44	118	Southeast Asia	Struggling
117	🇳🇵Nepal	4.42	119	South Asia	Struggling
118	🇰🇭Cambodia	4.39	120	Southeast Asia	Struggling
119	🇳🇪Niger	4.38	120	West Africa	Struggling
120	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	4.36	121	West Africa	Struggling
121	🇪🇬Egypt	4.35	121	North Africa	Struggling
122	🇪🇹Ethiopia	4.33	122	East Africa	Struggling
123	🇲🇬Madagascar	4.31	123	East Africa	Struggling
124	🇰🇪Kenya	4.29	124	East Africa	Struggling
125	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	4.28	125	South Asia	Struggling
126	🇲🇲Myanmar	4.23	126	Southeast Asia	Struggling
127	🇬🇳Guinea	4.15	128	West Africa	Struggling
128	🇺🇦Ukraine	4.10	130	Eastern Europe	Struggling
129	🇲🇱Mali	4.07	131	West Africa	Struggling
130	🇵🇰Pakistan	4.06	132	South Asia	Struggling
131	🇹🇩Chad	4.00	134	Central Africa	Struggling
132	🇸🇩Sudan	3.91	136	East Africa	Struggling
133	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	3.85	138	Southern Africa	Struggling
134	🇱🇷Liberia	3.85	138	West Africa	Struggling
135	🇧🇼Botswana	3.83	139	Southern Africa	Struggling
136	🇷🇼Rwanda	3.79	140	East Africa	Struggling
137	🇨🇩DR Congo	3.77	139	Central Africa	Struggling
138	🇧🇮Burundi	3.76	140	East Africa	Struggling
139	🇲🇿Mozambique	3.72	140	Southern Africa	Struggling
140	🇹🇿Tanzania	3.68	142	East Africa	Struggling
141	🇸🇾Syria	3.63	143	Middle East	Struggling
142	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	3.63	142	Central Africa	Struggling
143	🇸🇸South Sudan	3.63	142	East Africa	Struggling
144	🇿🇲Zambia	3.60	144	Southern Africa	Struggling
145	🇭🇹Haiti	3.58	145	Caribbean	Struggling
146	🇾🇪Yemen	3.57	142	Middle East	Struggling
147	🇸🇴Somalia	3.53	143	East Africa	Struggling
148	🇲🇼Malawi	3.26	147	Southern Africa	Suffering
149	🇱🇧Lebanon	3.19	148	Middle East	Suffering
150	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	3.00	149	West Africa	Suffering
151	🇦🇫Afghanistan	1.36	143	Central Asia	Suffering
152	🇰🇵North Korea	—	—	East Asia	Suffering
153	🇪🇷Eritrea	—	—	East Africa	Suffering