World Facts

Countries ranked by happiness score

Every country ranked by happiness score, highest to lowest. Finland tops the list at 7.76 /10; Afghanistan is lowest at 1.45 /10.

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Highest
  1. 1Finland7.76 /10
  2. 2Denmark7.54 /10
  3. 3Iceland7.54 /10
  4. 4Costa Rica7.44 /10
  5. 5Sweden7.25 /10
Lowest
  1. 152Afghanistan1.45 /10
  2. 151Sierra Leone3.25 /10
  3. 150Rwanda3.27 /10
  4. 149Malawi3.28 /10
  5. 148Zimbabwe3.35 /10

Full ranking — all 152 countries

#CountryHappiness score
1 Finland
7.76 /10
2 Denmark
7.54 /10
3 Iceland
7.54 /10
4 Costa Rica
7.44 /10
5 Sweden
7.25 /10
6 Norway
7.24 /10
7 Netherlands
7.22 /10
8 Israel
7.19 /10
9 Luxembourg
7.06 /10
10 Switzerland
7.02 /10
11 New Zealand
7.00 /10
12 Mexico
6.97 /10
13 Belgium
6.93 /10
14 Ireland
6.93 /10
15 Australia
6.92 /10
16 Germany
6.88 /10
17 Slovenia
6.87 /10
18 Austria
6.84 /10
19 United Arab Emirates
6.82 /10
20 Czechia
6.82 /10
21 Saudi Arabia
6.82 /10
22 United States
6.82 /10
23 Poland
6.77 /10
24 Canada
6.74 /10
25 Belize
6.71 /10
26 Taiwan
6.71 /10
27 Lithuania
6.70 /10
28 United Kingdom
6.69 /10
29 Serbia
6.69 /10
30 Brazil
6.63 /10
31 Kazakhstan
6.63 /10
32 Romania
6.63 /10
33 Uruguay
6.63 /10
34 France
6.59 /10
35 Singapore
6.58 /10
36 El Salvador
6.58 /10
37 Italy
6.57 /10
38 Panama
6.55 /10
39 Spain
6.54 /10
40 Kuwait
6.54 /10
41 Guatemala
6.53 /10
42 Malta
6.44 /10
43 Argentina
6.43 /10
44 Vietnam
6.43 /10
45 Estonia
6.41 /10
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.38 /10
47 Latvia
6.37 /10
48 Chile
6.30 /10
49 Jamaica
6.30 /10
50 Nicaragua
6.30 /10
51 Thailand
6.30 /10
52 Uzbekistan
6.28 /10
53 Bahrain
6.25 /10
54 Slovakia
6.25 /10
55 Philippines
6.21 /10
56 Oman
6.20 /10
57 Paraguay
6.20 /10
58 Ecuador
6.14 /10
59 Montenegro
6.14 /10
60 Cyprus
6.13 /10
61 Japan
6.13 /10
62 Honduras
6.10 /10
63 Dominican Republic
6.09 /10
64 China
6.07 /10
65 Kyrgyzstan
6.05 /10
66 Colombia
6.04 /10
67 South Korea
6.04 /10
68 Portugal
6.03 /10
69 Croatia
6.01 /10
70 Malaysia
6.00 /10
71 Peru
5.97 /10
72 Hungary
5.94 /10
73 Mongolia
5.94 /10
74 Mauritius
5.94 /10
75 Trinidad and Tobago
5.91 /10
76 Moldova
5.85 /10
77 Bolivia
5.83 /10
78 Russia
5.83 /10
79 Belarus
5.82 /10
80 Venezuela
5.76 /10
81 Libya
5.73 /10
82 North Macedonia
5.72 /10
83 Algeria
5.71 /10
84 Bulgaria
5.70 /10
85 Greece
5.70 /10
86 Albania
5.66 /10
87 Indonesia
5.62 /10
88 Tajikistan
5.59 /10
89 Armenia
5.58 /10
90 Hong Kong
5.57 /10
91 Georgia
5.52 /10
92 Laos
5.51 /10
93 Turkmenistan
5.47 /10
94 Mozambique
5.34 /10
95 Turkey
5.30 /10
96 Iraq
5.21 /10
97 Maldives
5.20 /10
98 Gabon
5.17 /10
99 Cote d'Ivoire
5.15 /10
100 Iran
5.15 /10
101 Nepal
5.15 /10
102 Cameroon
5.08 /10
103 South Africa
5.01 /10
104 Azerbaijan
4.99 /10
105 Niger
4.94 /10
106 Pakistan
4.87 /10
107 Tunisia
4.80 /10
108 Nigeria
4.79 /10
109 Senegal
4.79 /10
110 Namibia
4.78 /10
111 Palestine
4.69 /10
112 Kenya
4.67 /10
113 Ukraine
4.66 /10
114 Morocco
4.65 /10
115 Guinea
4.61 /10
116 Mali
4.59 /10
117 Ghana
4.55 /10
118 India
4.54 /10
119 Somalia
4.51 /10
120 Uganda
4.49 /10
121 Jordan
4.48 /10
122 Mauritania
4.47 /10
123 Burkina Faso
4.46 /10
124 Congo
4.46 /10
125 Cambodia
4.46 /10
126 Benin
4.39 /10
127 Lesotho
4.38 /10
128 Chad
4.38 /10
129 Bangladesh
4.32 /10
130 Gambia
4.31 /10
131 Myanmar
4.29 /10
132 Liberia
4.28 /10
133 Togo
4.28 /10
134 Madagascar
4.17 /10
135 Zambia
4.11 /10
136 Sri Lanka
4.01 /10
137 Ethiopia
3.98 /10
138 Comoros
3.92 /10
139 Eswatini
3.91 /10
140 Tanzania
3.90 /10
141 Egypt
3.86 /10
142 Burundi
3.77 /10
143 Democratic Republic of Congo
3.76 /10
144 Lebanon
3.72 /10
145 Haiti
3.62 /10
146 Yemen
3.53 /10
147 Botswana
3.46 /10
148 Zimbabwe
3.35 /10
149 Malawi
3.28 /10
150 Rwanda
3.27 /10
151 Sierra Leone
3.25 /10
152 Afghanistan
1.45 /10

Common questions

Which country has the highest happiness score?

Finland, at 7.76 /10 — the highest of all 152 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest happiness score?

Afghanistan, at 1.45 /10, ranks lowest among the 152 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

152 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

World Happiness Report (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: World Happiness Report (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive happiness score map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.