Happiness (Cantril Ladder)
Self-reported life evaluation on a 0–10 ladder. World Happiness Report, 2018–2025.
Source: World Happiness Report (Gallup World Poll) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: score 0–10 Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗
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Avg (2025)
5.6
+0.10pp vs 2024
Improving
2
of 147 tracked
Declining
1
period over period
Stable
144
±0.5pp band
Life evaluation
Interactive — choose a period, search a country, switch between bars, table and map.
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2018–2025.
Europe & Central AsiaAmericasMiddle East & North AfricaEast Asia & PacificAdvanced / otherSub-Saharan AfricaSouth Asia
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Two dimensions at once
Happiness × wealth — colour shows both at once
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 4.4 | +0.62pp |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 3.7 | +0.53pp |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 4.3 | +0.47pp |
| 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 6.3 | +0.43pp |
| 🇨🇩 DR Congo | 3.8 | +0.29pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇬 Congo | 4.5 | -0.57pp |
| 🇬🇳 Guinea | 4.6 | -0.32pp |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 5 | -0.20pp |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | 5.1 | -0.16pp |
| 🇳🇦 Namibia | 4.8 | -0.13pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Europe & Central Asia +0.10pp
Americas +0.10pp
Middle East & North Africa +0.10pp
Sub-Saharan Africa +0.10pp
South Asia +0.10pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
Advanced / other 0.00pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe & Central Asia | 42 | 6.5 | +0.10pp |
| Americas | 23 | 6.4 | +0.10pp |
| East Asia & Pacific | 13 | 6 | 0.00pp |
| Advanced / other | 13 | 5.7 | 0.00pp |
| Middle East & North Africa | 17 | 5.3 | +0.10pp |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 33 | 4.4 | +0.10pp |
| South Asia | 6 | 4.1 | +0.10pp |
Happiness (Cantril Ladder) — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Life evaluation | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 7.8 | +0.03pp |
| 2 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 7.5 | +0.03pp |
| 3 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 7.5 | +0.02pp |
| 4 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 7.4 | +0.17pp |
| 5 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 7.3 | -0.09pp |
| 6 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 7.2 | -0.02pp |
| 7 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 7.2 | -0.08pp |
| 8 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 7.2 | -0.05pp |
| 9 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 7.1 | -0.06pp |
| 10 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 7 | +0.08pp |
| 11 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 7 | +0.04pp |
| 12 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 7 | -0.01pp |
| 13 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 6.9 | +0.04pp |
| 14 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 6.9 | +0.02pp |
| 15 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 6.9 | -0.06pp |
| 16 | 🇽🇰 Kosovo | 6.9 | +0.25pp |
| 17 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 6.9 | +0.13pp |
| 18 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 6.9 | +0.08pp |
| 19 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 6.8 | +0.04pp |
| 20 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 6.8 | +0.05pp |
| 21 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 6.8 | +0.06pp |
| 22 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 6.8 | +0.22pp |
| 23 | 🇺🇸 United States | 6.8 | +0.09pp |
| 24 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 6.8 | +0.09pp |
| 25 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 6.7 | -0.06pp |
| 26 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan Province of China | 6.7 | +0.05pp |
| 27 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 6.7 | 0.00pp |
| 28 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 6.7 | -0.13pp |
| 29 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 6.7 | -0.03pp |
| 30 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 6.7 | +0.08pp |
| 31 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 6.6 | -0.03pp |
| 32 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 6.6 | +0.14pp |
| 33 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 6.6 | +0.25pp |
| 34 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 6.6 | +0.07pp |
| 35 | 🇫🇷 France | 6.6 | -0.01pp |
| 36 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 6.6 | +0.02pp |
| 37 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 6.6 | +0.09pp |
| 38 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 6.6 | +0.16pp |
| 39 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 6.5 | +0.14pp |
| 40 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 6.5 | -0.09pp |
| 41 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 6.5 | +0.07pp |
| 42 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 6.5 | +0.17pp |
| 43 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 6.4 | +0.12pp |
| 44 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 6.4 | +0.03pp |
| 45 | 🇻🇳 Viet Nam | 6.4 | +0.08pp |
| 46 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 6.4 | -0.01pp |
| 47 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.4 | +0.25pp |
| 48 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 6.4 | +0.16pp |
| 49 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 6.3 | +0.43pp |
| 50 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 6.3 | -0.06pp |
| 51 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 6.3 | -0.03pp |
| 52 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 6.3 | +0.07pp |
| 53 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 6.3 | +0.09pp |
| 54 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 6.3 | +0.03pp |
| 55 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 6.3 | +0.22pp |
| 56 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 6.2 | +0.10pp |
| 57 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 6.2 | +0.03pp |
| 58 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 6.2 | 0.00pp |
| 59 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 6.1 | +0.18pp |
| 60 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 6.1 | +0.26pp |
| 61 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 6.1 | -0.02pp |
| 62 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 6.1 | +0.18pp |
| 63 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 6.1 | +0.13pp |
| 64 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 6.1 | +0.25pp |
| 65 | 🇨🇳 China | 6.1 | +0.15pp |
| 66 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 6 | +0.19pp |
| 67 | 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea | 6 | +0.00pp |
| 68 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 6 | +0.04pp |
| 69 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 6 | +0.02pp |
| 70 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 6 | +0.14pp |
| 71 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 6 | +0.05pp |
| 72 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 6 | +0.03pp |
| 73 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 5.9 | +0.11pp |
| 74 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 5.9 | +0.02pp |
| 75 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 5.9 | +0.10pp |
| 76 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 5.9 | 0.00pp |
| 77 | 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova | 5.9 | +0.03pp |
| 78 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 5.8 | -0.03pp |
| 79 | 🇷🇺 Russian Federation | 5.8 | -0.11pp |
| 80 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 5.8 | +0.07pp |
| 81 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 5.7 | -0.09pp |
| 82 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 5.7 | +0.22pp |
| 83 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 5.7 | +0.14pp |
| 84 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 5.7 | +0.15pp |
| 85 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 5.7 | -0.08pp |
| 86 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 5.7 | +0.25pp |
| 87 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 5.6 | 0.00pp |
| 88 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 5.6 | +0.18pp |
| 89 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 5.6 | +0.09pp |
| 90 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR of China | 5.6 | +0.08pp |
| 91 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 5.5 | +0.12pp |
| 92 | 🇱🇦 Lao PDR | 5.5 | +0.21pp |
| 93 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 5.3 | +0.15pp |
| 94 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 5.3 | +0.04pp |
| 95 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 5.2 | +0.24pp |
| 96 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 5.2 | +0.05pp |
| 97 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 5.2 | +0.06pp |
| 98 | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 5.1 | +0.05pp |
| 99 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 5.1 | -0.16pp |
| 100 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 5.1 | +0.20pp |
| 101 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 5 | -0.20pp |
| 102 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 5 | +0.12pp |
| 103 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 4.9 | +0.22pp |
| 104 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 4.9 | +0.10pp |
| 105 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 4.8 | +0.25pp |
| 106 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 4.8 | -0.10pp |
| 107 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 4.8 | -0.07pp |
| 108 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 4.8 | -0.13pp |
| 109 | 🇵🇸 State of Palestine | 4.7 | -0.09pp |
| 110 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 4.7 | +0.16pp |
| 111 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 4.7 | -0.02pp |
| 112 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 4.6 | +0.02pp |
| 113 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 4.6 | -0.32pp |
| 114 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 4.6 | +0.24pp |
| 115 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 4.6 | +0.21pp |
| 116 | 🇮🇳 India | 4.5 | +0.15pp |
| 117 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 4.5 | +0.16pp |
| 118 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 4.5 | +0.03pp |
| 119 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 4.5 | +0.17pp |
| 120 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 4.5 | -0.07pp |
| 121 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 4.5 | +0.12pp |
| 122 | 🇨🇬 Congo | 4.5 | -0.57pp |
| 123 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 4.5 | +0.07pp |
| 124 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 4.4 | +0.04pp |
| 125 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 4.4 | +0.00pp |
| 126 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 4.4 | +0.62pp |
| 127 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 4.3 | +0.47pp |
| 128 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 4.3 | -0.12pp |
| 129 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 4.3 | -0.03pp |
| 130 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 4.3 | +0.00pp |
| 131 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 4.3 | -0.04pp |
| 132 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 4.2 | +0.02pp |
| 133 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 4.1 | +0.19pp |
| 134 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 4 | +0.12pp |
| 135 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 4 | +0.09pp |
| 136 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 3.9 | +0.17pp |
| 137 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 3.9 | +0.13pp |
| 138 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 3.9 | +0.10pp |
| 139 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 3.9 | +0.04pp |
| 140 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo | 3.8 | +0.29pp |
| 141 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 3.7 | +0.53pp |
| 142 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 3.5 | -0.03pp |
| 143 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 3.5 | +0.03pp |
| 144 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 3.3 | -0.05pp |
| 145 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 3.3 | +0.02pp |
| 146 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 3.3 | +0.25pp |
| 147 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 1.4 | +0.08pp |