Happiest Countries in the World: Global Happiness Ranking 2025
Full List: Happiest to Least Happy Countries
Health and Life Expectancy
Top 5 Happiest Countries in The World
Finland
7.74
Denmark
7.58
Iceland
7.53
Sweden
7.34
Netherlands
7.32
| Country | World Happiness Ranking 2024 | World Happpines Score 2024 | Score Change | World Happiness Ranking 2023 | World Happiness Score 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1 | 7.74 | -0.064 | 1 | 7.8 |
| Denmark | 2 | 7.58 | -0.006 | 2 | 7.59 |
| Iceland | 3 | 7.53 | 3 | 7.53 | |
| Sweden | 4 | 7.34 | -0.055 | 6 | 7.39 |
| Israel | 5 | 7.34 | -0.133 | 4 | 7.47 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 7.32 | -0.083 | 5 | 7.4 |
| Norway | 7 | 7.3 | -0.015 | 7 | 7.32 |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 7.12 | -0.108 | 9 | 7.23 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 7.06 | -0.18 | 8 | 7.24 |
| Australia | 10 | 7.06 | -0.035 | 12 | 7.09 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 7.03 | -0.093 | 10 | 7.12 |
| Costa Rica | 12 | 6.96 | 0.351 | 23 | 6.61 |
| Kuwait | 13 | 6.95 | |||
| Austria | 14 | 6.91 | -0.187 | 11 | 7.1 |
| Canada | 15 | 6.9 | -0.061 | 13 | 6.96 |
| Belgium | 16 | 6.89 | 0.031 | 17 | 6.86 |
| Ireland | 17 | 6.84 | -0.071 | 14 | 6.91 |
| Czech Republic | 18 | 6.82 | -0.025 | 18 | 6.84 |
| Lithuania | 19 | 6.82 | 0.057 | 20 | 6.76 |
| United Kingdom | 20 | 6.75 | -0.046 | 19 | 6.8 |
| Slovenia | 21 | 6.74 | 0.09 | 22 | 6.65 |
| United Arab Emirates | 22 | 6.73 | 0.159 | 26 | 6.57 |
| United States | 23 | 6.73 | -0.164 | 15 | 6.89 |
| Germany | 24 | 6.72 | -0.172 | 16 | 6.89 |
| Mexico | 25 | 6.68 | 0.35 | 36 | 6.33 |
| Uruguay | 26 | 6.61 | 0.116 | 28 | 6.49 |
| France | 27 | 6.61 | -0.051 | 21 | 6.66 |
| Saudi Arabia | 28 | 6.59 | 0.127 | 30 | 6.46 |
| Singapore | 30 | 6.52 | -0.067 | 25 | 6.59 |
| Taiwan | 31 | 6.5 | -0.035 | 27 | 6.54 |
| Romania | 32 | 6.49 | -0.099 | 24 | 6.59 |
| El Salvador | 33 | 6.47 | 0.348 | 50 | 6.12 |
| Estonia | 34 | 6.45 | -0.005 | 31 | 6.46 |
| Poland | 35 | 6.44 | 0.18 | 39 | 6.26 |
| Spain | 36 | 6.42 | -0.016 | 32 | 6.44 |
| Serbia | 37 | 6.41 | 0.266 | 45 | 6.14 |
| Chile | 38 | 6.36 | 0.026 | 35 | 6.33 |
| Panama | 39 | 6.36 | 0.095 | 38 | 6.26 |
| Malta | 40 | 6.35 | 0.05 | 37 | 6.3 |
| Italy | 41 | 6.32 | -0.085 | 33 | 6.41 |
| Guatemala | 42 | 6.29 | 0.14 | 43 | 6.15 |
| Nicaragua | 43 | 6.28 | 0.021 | 40 | 6.26 |
| Brazil | 44 | 6.27 | 0.145 | 49 | 6.13 |
| Slovakia | 45 | 6.26 | -0.209 | 29 | 6.47 |
| Latvia | 46 | 6.23 | 0.017 | 41 | 6.21 |
| Uzbekistan | 47 | 6.2 | 0.186 | 54 | 6.01 |
| Argentina | 48 | 6.19 | 0.166 | 52 | 6.02 |
| Kazakhstan | 49 | 6.19 | 0.046 | 44 | 6.14 |
| Cyprus | 50 | 6.07 | -0.06 | 46 | 6.13 |
| Japan | 51 | 6.06 | -0.069 | 47 | 6.13 |
| South Korea | 52 | 6.06 | 0.109 | 57 | 5.95 |
| Philippines | 53 | 6.05 | 0.527 | 76 | 5.52 |
| Vietnam | 54 | 6.04 | 0.277 | 65 | 5.76 |
| Portugal | 55 | 6.03 | 0.062 | 56 | 5.97 |
| Hungary | 56 | 6.02 | -0.021 | 51 | 6.04 |
| Paraguay | 57 | 5.98 | 0.242 | 66 | 5.74 |
| Thailand | 58 | 5.98 | 0.137 | 60 | 5.84 |
| Malaysia | 59 | 5.98 | -0.032 | 55 | 6.01 |
| China | 60 | 5.97 | 0.152 | 64 | 5.82 |
| Honduras | 61 | 5.97 | -0.053 | 53 | 6.02 |
| Bahrain | 62 | 5.96 | -0.213 | 42 | 6.17 |
| Croatia | 63 | 5.94 | -0.185 | 48 | 6.13 |
| Greece | 64 | 5.93 | -0.001 | 58 | 5.93 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65 | 5.88 | 0.247 | 71 | 5.63 |
| Libya | 66 | 5.87 | |||
| Jamaica | 67 | 5.84 | 0.137 | 68 | 5.7 |
| Peru | 68 | 5.84 | 0.314 | 75 | 5.53 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 5.82 | 0.251 | 73 | 5.57 |
| Mauritius | 70 | 5.82 | -0.082 | 59 | 5.9 |
| Moldova | 71 | 5.82 | 0.001 | 63 | 5.82 |
| Russia | 72 | 5.79 | 0.129 | 70 | 5.66 |
| Bolivia | 73 | 5.78 | 0.096 | 69 | 5.68 |
| Ecuador | 74 | 5.73 | 0.171 | 74 | 5.56 |
| Montenegro | 75 | 5.71 | -0.012 | 67 | 5.72 |
| Mongolia | 77 | 5.7 | -0.14 | 61 | 5.84 |
| Colombia | 78 | 5.7 | 0.07 | 72 | 5.63 |
| Venezuela | 79 | 5.61 | 0.399 | 88 | 5.21 |
| Indonesia | 80 | 5.57 | 0.293 | 84 | 5.28 |
| Bulgaria | 81 | 5.46 | -0.006 | 77 | 5.47 |
| Armenia | 82 | 5.46 | 0.118 | 79 | 5.34 |
| South Africa | 83 | 5.42 | 0.145 | 85 | 5.28 |
| North Macedonia | 84 | 5.37 | 0.116 | 87 | 5.25 |
| Algeria | 85 | 5.36 | 0.031 | 81 | 5.33 |
| Hong Kong | 86 | 5.32 | 0.012 | 82 | 5.31 |
| Albania | 87 | 5.3 | 0.023 | 83 | 5.28 |
| Tajikistan | 88 | 5.28 | -0.05 | 80 | 5.33 |
| Republic of the Congo | 89 | 5.22 | -0.047 | 86 | 5.27 |
| Mozambique | 90 | 5.22 | 0.266 | 97 | 4.95 |
| Georgia | 91 | 5.19 | 0.081 | 90 | 5.11 |
| Iraq | 92 | 5.17 | 0.229 | 98 | 4.94 |
| Nepal | 93 | 5.16 | -0.2 | 78 | 5.36 |
| Laos | 94 | 5.14 | 0.029 | 89 | 5.11 |
| Gabon | 95 | 5.11 | 0.075 | 94 | 5.04 |
| Ivory Coast | 96 | 5.08 | 0.027 | 93 | 5.05 |
| Guinea | 97 | 5.02 | -0.052 | 91 | 5.07 |
| Turkey | 98 | 4.98 | 0.366 | 106 | 4.61 |
| Senegal | 99 | 4.97 | 0.115 | 102 | 4.86 |
| Iran | 100 | 4.92 | 0.044 | 101 | 4.88 |
| Azerbaijan | 101 | 4.89 | |||
| Nigeria | 102 | 4.88 | -0.101 | 95 | 4.98 |
| Palestine | 103 | 4.88 | -0.028 | 99 | 4.91 |
| Cameroon | 104 | 4.87 | -0.103 | 96 | 4.97 |
| Ukraine | 105 | 4.87 | -0.201 | 92 | 5.07 |
| Namibia | 106 | 4.83 | 0.199 | 105 | 4.63 |
| Morocco | 107 | 4.8 | -0.103 | 100 | 4.9 |
| Pakistan | 108 | 4.66 | 0.105 | 108 | 4.55 |
| Niger | 109 | 4.56 | 0.059 | 109 | 4.5 |
| Burkina Faso | 110 | 4.55 | -0.088 | 104 | 4.64 |
| Mauritania | 111 | 4.51 | -0.214 | 103 | 4.72 |
| Gambia | 112 | 4.49 | 0.211 | 119 | 4.28 |
| Chad | 113 | 4.47 | 0.073 | 114 | 4.4 |
| Kenya | 114 | 4.47 | -0.017 | 111 | 4.49 |
| Tunisia | 115 | 4.42 | -0.077 | 110 | 4.5 |
| Benin | 116 | 4.38 | 0.006 | 116 | 4.37 |
| Uganda | 117 | 4.37 | -0.062 | 113 | 4.43 |
| Myanmar | 118 | 4.35 | -0.022 | 117 | 4.37 |
| Cambodia | 119 | 4.34 | -0.053 | 115 | 4.39 |
| Ghana | 120 | 4.29 | -0.315 | 107 | 4.61 |
| Liberia | 121 | 4.27 | 0.228 | 125 | 4.04 |
| Mali | 122 | 4.23 | 0.032 | 120 | 4.2 |
| Madagascar | 123 | 4.23 | 0.211 | 127 | 4.02 |
| Togo | 124 | 4.21 | 0.073 | 122 | 4.14 |
| Jordan | 125 | 4.19 | 0.07 | 123 | 4.12 |
| India | 126 | 4.05 | 0.014 | 126 | 4.04 |
| Egypt | 127 | 3.98 | -0.19 | 121 | 4.17 |
| Sri Lanka | 128 | 3.9 | -0.542 | 112 | 4.44 |
| Bangladesh | 129 | 3.89 | -0.392 | 118 | 4.28 |
| Ethiopia | 130 | 3.86 | -0.231 | 124 | 4.09 |
| Tanzania | 131 | 3.78 | 0.086 | 129 | 3.69 |
| Comoros | 132 | 3.57 | 0.025 | 130 | 3.54 |
| Yemen | 133 | 3.56 | |||
| Zambia | 134 | 3.5 | -0.482 | 128 | 3.98 |
| Eswatini | 135 | 3.5 | |||
| Malawi | 136 | 3.42 | -0.075 | 131 | 3.5 |
| Botswana | 137 | 3.38 | -0.055 | 132 | 3.44 |
| Zimbabwe | 138 | 3.34 | 0.136 | 134 | 3.2 |
| DR Congo | 139 | 3.3 | 0.093 | 133 | 3.21 |
| Sierra Leone | 140 | 3.25 | 0.112 | 135 | 3.14 |
| Lesotho | 141 | 3.19 | |||
| Lebanon | 142 | 2.71 | 0.318 | 136 | 2.39 |
| Afghanistan | 143 | 1.72 | -0.139 | 137 | 1.86 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 62 | 5.83 |
World Least Happiest Countries
Afghanistan
1.72
Lebanon
2.71
Lesotho
3.19
Sierra Leone
3.25
DR Cngo
3.3
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