Happiness Driver: Social Support

Contribution of social support to the happiness score. World Happiness Report, 2019–2025.

Source: World Happiness Report (Gallup World Poll) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: ladder pts Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2025)
1.2
-0.10pp vs 2024
Improving
0
of 147 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
147
±0.5pp band

Social support contribution

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2019–2025.

0.40.71.11.41.7 2019202020212022202320242025
Europe & Central AsiaAmericasMiddle East & North AfricaEast Asia & PacificAdvanced / otherSub-Saharan AfricaSouth Asia

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇱🇧 Lebanon 1.1 +0.07pp
🇯🇲 Jamaica 1.6 +0.01pp
🇱🇸 Lesotho 1.1 +0.00pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇨🇳 China 1 -0.34pp
🇨🇬 Congo 0.6 -0.24pp
🇲🇦 Morocco 0.4 -0.23pp
🇲🇬 Madagascar 0.7 -0.23pp
🇹🇩 Chad 0.7 -0.23pp

By group

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Europe & Central Asia -0.10pp
Americas -0.10pp
East Asia & Pacific -0.10pp
Middle East & North Africa -0.10pp
Advanced / other -0.10pp
Sub-Saharan Africa -0.10pp
South Asia -0.10pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe & Central Asia 42 1.5 -0.10pp
Americas 23 1.4 -0.10pp
East Asia & Pacific 13 1.3 -0.10pp
Middle East & North Africa 17 1.2 -0.10pp
Advanced / other 13 1.2 -0.10pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 33 0.8 -0.10pp
South Asia 6 0.6 -0.10pp

Happiness Driver: Social Support — full ranking

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147 entities, 2025, change vs 2024. Highest first.
#EntitySocial support contributionChange
1🇮🇸 Iceland1.7-0.12pp
2🇫🇮 Finland1.6-0.15pp
3🇩🇰 Denmark1.6-0.11pp
4🇸🇰 Slovakia1.6-0.13pp
5🇳🇴 Norway1.6-0.09pp
6🇭🇺 Hungary1.6-0.12pp
7🇲🇳 Mongolia1.6-0.12pp
8🇱🇻 Latvia1.6-0.10pp
9🇮🇱 Israel1.6-0.14pp
10🇪🇪 Estonia1.6-0.11pp
11🇰🇿 Kazakhstan1.6-0.09pp
12🇸🇮 Slovenia1.6-0.12pp
13🇨🇿 Czechia1.6-0.12pp
14🇧🇬 Bulgaria1.6-0.14pp
15🇳🇿 New Zealand1.6-0.13pp
16🇸🇪 Sweden1.6-0.13pp
17🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan1.6-0.15pp
18🇭🇷 Croatia1.6-0.11pp
19🇮🇪 Ireland1.6-0.10pp
20🇱🇹 Lithuania1.6-0.14pp
21🇯🇲 Jamaica1.6+0.01pp
22🇪🇸 Spain1.6-0.13pp
23🇷🇸 Serbia1.5-0.08pp
24🇺🇾 Uruguay1.5-0.11pp
25🇳🇱 Netherlands1.5-0.13pp
26🇨🇭 Switzerland1.5-0.09pp
27🇲🇹 Malta1.5-0.14pp
28🇵🇾 Paraguay1.5-0.09pp
29🇺🇿 Uzbekistan1.5-0.09pp
30🇨🇦 Canada1.5-0.12pp
31🇧🇪 Belgium1.5-0.13pp
32🇦🇷 Argentina1.5-0.11pp
33🇺🇸 United States1.5-0.10pp
34🇦🇺 Australia1.5-0.15pp
35🇩🇪 Germany1.5-0.14pp
36🇲🇪 Montenegro1.5-0.07pp
37🇨🇷 Costa Rica1.5-0.12pp
38🇵🇱 Poland1.5-0.12pp
39🇵🇦 Panama1.5-0.12pp
40🇹🇯 Tajikistan1.5-0.08pp
41🇦🇹 Austria1.5-0.12pp
42🇸🇬 Singapore1.5-0.09pp
43🇱🇺 Luxembourg1.5-0.09pp
44🇵🇹 Portugal1.5-0.10pp
45🇬🇧 United Kingdom1.5-0.10pp
46🇲🇰 North Macedonia1.4-0.09pp
47🇹🇼 Taiwan Province of China1.4-0.14pp
48🇫🇷 France1.4-0.10pp
49🇨🇱 Chile1.4-0.15pp
50🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.4-0.12pp
51🇹🇭 Thailand1.4-0.13pp
52🇧🇿 Belize1.4-0.12pp
53🇯🇵 Japan1.4-0.14pp
54🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago1.4-0.12pp
55🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia1.4-0.15pp
56🇳🇦 Namibia1.4-0.07pp
57🇩🇴 Dominican Republic1.4-0.09pp
58🇮🇹 Italy1.4-0.12pp
59🇧🇷 Brazil1.4-0.12pp
60🇲🇺 Mauritius1.4-0.14pp
61🇻🇳 Viet Nam1.4-0.16pp
62🇨🇴 Colombia1.4-0.14pp
63🇲🇽 Mexico1.4-0.14pp
64🇳🇮 Nicaragua1.3-0.12pp
65🇻🇪 Venezuela1.3-0.16pp
66🇵🇸 State of Palestine1.3-0.12pp
67🇷🇺 Russian Federation1.3-0.22pp
68🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR of China1.3-0.08pp
69🇰🇼 Kuwait1.3-0.17pp
70🇹🇷 Türkiye1.3-0.13pp
71🇺🇦 Ukraine1.3-0.17pp
72🇽🇰 Kosovo1.3-0.16pp
73🇧🇭 Bahrain1.3-0.10pp
74🇾🇪 Yemen1.3-0.19pp
75🇴🇲 Oman1.3-0.13pp
76🇵🇭 Philippines1.3-0.10pp
77🇿🇦 South Africa1.3-0.18pp
78🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova1.3-0.15pp
79🇩🇿 Algeria1.3-0.09pp
80🇬🇷 Greece1.3-0.18pp
81🇮🇷 Iran1.2-0.12pp
82🇵🇪 Peru1.2-0.12pp
83🇷🇴 Romania1.2-0.17pp
84🇰🇷 Republic of Korea1.2-0.13pp
85🇮🇩 Indonesia1.2-0.14pp
86🇦🇲 Armenia1.2-0.12pp
87🇨🇾 Cyprus1.2-0.13pp
88🇬🇪 Georgia1.2-0.07pp
89🇧🇴 Bolivia1.2-0.16pp
90🇺🇬 Uganda1.2-0.16pp
91🇬🇹 Guatemala1.2-0.16pp
92🇲🇾 Malaysia1.2-0.15pp
93🇪🇨 Ecuador1.2-0.15pp
94🇱🇾 Libya1.1-0.17pp
95🇱🇸 Lesotho1.1+0.00pp
96🇱🇰 Sri Lanka1.1-0.18pp
97🇮🇶 Iraq1.1-0.15pp
98🇳🇵 Nepal1.1-0.11pp
99🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates1.1-0.20pp
100🇸🇻 El Salvador1.1-0.14pp
101🇭🇳 Honduras1.1-0.10pp
102🇳🇬 Nigeria1.1-0.16pp
103🇰🇭 Cambodia1.1-0.14pp
104🇯🇴 Jordan1.1-0.15pp
105🇱🇧 Lebanon1.1+0.07pp
106🇹🇳 Tunisia1-0.18pp
107🇸🇿 Eswatini1-0.12pp
108🇦🇱 Albania1-0.10pp
109🇲🇿 Mozambique1-0.11pp
110🇬🇦 Gabon1-0.22pp
111🇧🇼 Botswana1-0.16pp
112🇦🇿 Azerbaijan1-0.05pp
113🇲🇲 Myanmar1-0.17pp
114🇨🇳 China1-0.34pp
115🇬🇭 Ghana1-0.05pp
116🇨🇲 Cameroon0.9-0.09pp
117🇸🇳 Senegal0.9-0.09pp
118🇰🇪 Kenya0.9-0.17pp
119🇱🇦 Lao PDR0.9-0.14pp
120🇪🇬 Egypt0.9-0.21pp
121🇿🇲 Zambia0.9-0.15pp
122🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.9-0.20pp
123🇬🇲 Gambia0.9-0.10pp
124🇱🇷 Liberia0.8-0.07pp
125🇨🇩 DR Congo0.8-0.14pp
126🇸🇴 Somalia0.8-0.09pp
127🇲🇷 Mauritania0.8-0.13pp
128🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.8-0.18pp
129🇲🇱 Mali0.8-0.13pp
130🇹🇿 Tanzania0.8-0.13pp
131🇮🇳 India0.7-0.13pp
132🇲🇬 Madagascar0.7-0.23pp
133🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire0.7-0.07pp
134🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0.70.00pp
135🇹🇩 Chad0.7-0.23pp
136🇳🇪 Niger0.7-0.15pp
137🇧🇫 Burkina Faso0.6-0.20pp
138🇬🇳 Guinea0.6-0.17pp
139🇹🇬 Togo0.6-0.16pp
140🇵🇰 Pakistan0.6-0.20pp
141🇨🇬 Congo0.6-0.24pp
142🇲🇦 Morocco0.4-0.23pp
143🇰🇲 Comoros0.4-0.15pp
144🇲🇼 Malawi0.3-0.16pp
145🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.2-0.04pp
146🇧🇯 Benin0.1-0.14pp
147🇦🇫 Afghanistan00.00pp