World Happiness Report

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World Happiness Report 2017 score shown on a map of the world. Darker shades of green show a higher score with darker shades of red showing a lower one.

The World Happiness Report is a measure of happiness published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.[1] The World Happiness Report is edited by John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs.

In July 2011, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution inviting member countries to measure the happiness of their people and to use this to help guide their public policies. On April 2, 2012, this was followed by the first UN High Level Meeting called "Happiness and Well-Being: Defining a New Economic Paradigm," which was chaired by Prime Minister Jigme Thinley of Bhutan, the first and so far only country to have officially adopted gross national happiness instead of gross domestic product as their main development indicator.[2]

The first World Happiness Report was released on April 1, 2012 as a foundational text for the UN High Level Meeting. It drew international attention as the world's first global happiness survey.[3] The report outlined the state of world happiness, causes of happiness and misery, and policy implications highlighted by case studies. In September 2013 the second World Happiness Report offered the first annual follow-up and reports are now issued every year.[4] The report uses data from the Gallup World Poll. Each annual report is available to the public on the World Happiness Report website.

In the reports, leading experts in fields including economics, psychology, survey analysis, and national statistics, describe how measurements of well-being can be used effectively to assess the progress of nations. Each report is organized by chapters that delve deeper into issues relating to happiness, including mental illness, the objective benefits of happiness, the importance of ethics, policy implications, and links with the OECD's approach to measuring subjective well-being and the Human Development Report.

International rankings[edit]

Data is collected from people in over 150 countries. Each variable measured reveals a populated-weighted average score on a scale running from 0 to 10 that is tracked over time and compared against other countries. These variables currently include: real GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and perceptions of corruption. Each country is also compared against a hypothetical nation called Dystopia. Dystopia represents the lowest national averages for each key variable and is, along with residual error, used as a regression benchmark.

2017 report[edit]

The 2017 report features the happiness score averaged over the years 2014-2016. For that timespan, Norway is the overall happiest country in the world, even though oil prices have dropped. Close behind are Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland in a tight pack. All the top ten countries have high scores in the six categories. The ranked follow-on countries in the top ten are: Finland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Sweden.

Table of data for 2017.[5]

Overall Rank Change in rank Country Score Change in score GDP per capita Social support Healthy life expectancy Freedom to make life choices Generosity Trust Residual
1 Increase 3  Norway 7.537 Increase 0.039 1.616 1.534 0.797 0.635 0.362 0.316 2.277
2 Decrease -1  Denmark 7.522 Decrease -0.004 1.482 1.551 0.793 0.626 0.355 0.401 2.314
3 Steady 0  Iceland 7.504 Increase 0.003 1.481 1.611 0.834 0.627 0.476 0.154 2.323
4 Decrease -2   Switzerland 7.494 Decrease -0.015 1.565 1.517 0.858 0.620 0.291 0.367 2.277
5 Steady 0  Finland 7.469 Increase 0.056 1.444 1.540 0.809 0.618 0.245 0.383 2.430
6 Increase 1  Netherlands 7.377 Increase 0.038 1.504 1.429 0.811 0.585 0.470 0.283 2.295
7 Decrease -1  Canada 7.316 Decrease -0.088 1.479 1.481 0.835 0.611 0.436 0.287 2.187
8 Steady 0  New Zealand 7.314 Decrease -0.020 1.406 1.548 0.817 0.614 0.500 0.383 2.046
9 Steady 0  Australia 7.284 Decrease -0.029 1.484 1.510 0.844 0.602 0.478 0.301 2.065
10 Steady 0  Sweden 7.284 Decrease -0.007 1.494 1.478 0.831 0.613 0.385 0.384 2.098
11 Steady 0  Israel 7.213 Decrease -0.054 1.375 1.376 0.838 0.406 0.330 0.085 2.802
12 Increase 2  Costa Rica 7.079 Decrease -0.008 1.110 1.416 0.760 0.580 0.215 0.100 2.899
13 Decrease -1  Austria 7.006 Decrease -0.113 1.487 1.460 0.815 0.568 0.316 0.221 2.139
14 Decrease -1  United States 6.993 Decrease -0.111 1.546 1.420 0.774 0.506 0.393 0.136 2.218
15 Increase 4  Ireland 6.977 Increase 0.070 1.536 1.558 0.810 0.573 0.428 0.298 1.774
16 Steady 0  Germany 6.951 Decrease -0.043 1.488 1.473 0.799 0.563 0.336 0.277 2.016
17 Increase 1  Belgium 6.891 Decrease -0.038 1.464 1.462 0.818 0.540 0.232 0.251 2.124
18 Increase 2  Luxembourg 6.863 Decrease -0.008 1.742 1.458 0.845 0.597 0.283 0.319 1.620
19 Increase 4  United Kingdom 6.714 Decrease -0.011 1.442 1.496 0.805 0.508 0.493 0.265 1.704
20 Increase 4  Chile 6.652 Decrease -0.053 1.253 1.284 0.819 0.377 0.327 0.082 2.510
21 Increase 7  United Arab Emirates 6.648 Increase 0.075 1.626 1.266 0.727 0.608 0.361 0.324 1.735
22 Decrease -5  Brazil 6.635 Decrease -0.317 1.107 1.431 0.617 0.437 0.162 0.111 2.769
23 Increase 4  Czech Republic 6.609 Increase 0.013 1.353 1.434 0.754 0.491 0.088 0.037 2.452
24 Increase 2  Argentina 6.599 Decrease -0.051 1.185 1.440 0.695 0.495 0.109 0.060 2.614
25 Decrease -4  Mexico 6.578 Decrease -0.200 1.153 1.211 0.710 0.413 0.121 0.133 2.837
26 Decrease -4  Singapore 6.572 Decrease -0.167 1.692 1.354 0.949 0.550 0.346 0.464 1.216
27 Increase 3  Malta 6.527 Increase 0.039 1.343 1.488 0.822 0.589 0.575 0.153 1.557
28 Increase 1  Uruguay 6.454 Decrease -0.091 1.218 1.412 0.719 0.579 0.175 0.178 2.172
29 Increase 10  Guatemala 6.454 Increase 0.130 0.872 1.256 0.540 0.531 0.283 0.077 2.894
30 Decrease -5  Panama 6.452 Decrease -0.249 1.234 1.373 0.706 0.550 0.211 0.071 2.307
31 Increase 1  France 6.442 Decrease -0.036 1.431 1.388 0.844 0.470 0.130 0.173 2.006
32 Increase 1  Thailand 6.424 Decrease -0.050 1.128 1.426 0.647 0.580 0.572 0.032 2.040
33 Increase 2  Taiwan 6.422 Increase 0.043 1.434 1.385 0.794 0.361 0.258 0.064 2.127
34 Increase 3  Spain 6.403 Increase 0.042 1.384 1.532 0.889 0.409 0.190 0.071 1.928
35 Increase 1  Qatar 6.375 Steady 0.000 1.871 1.274 0.710 0.604 0.330 0.439 1.145
36 Decrease -5  Colombia 6.357 Decrease -0.124 1.071 1.402 0.595 0.477 0.149 0.047 2.616
37 Decrease -3  Saudi Arabia 6.344 Decrease -0.035 1.531 1.287 0.590 0.450 0.148 0.273 2.065
38 Increase 5  Trinidad and Tobago 6.168 Steady 0.000 1.361 1.380 0.520 0.519 0.325 0.009 2.053
39 Increase 2  Kuwait 6.105 Decrease -0.134 1.633 1.260 0.632 0.496 0.228 0.215 1.640
40 Increase 5  Slovakia 6.098 Increase 0.020 1.325 1.505 0.713 0.296 0.137 0.024 2.098
41 Increase 1  Bahrain 6.087 Decrease -0.131 1.488 1.323 0.653 0.537 0.173 0.257 1.656
42 Increase 5  Malaysia 6.084 Increase 0.079 1.291 1.285 0.619 0.402 0.417 0.066 2.004
– –  Europe[Note 1] N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
43 Increase 5  Nicaragua 6.071 Increase 0.079 0.737 1.287 0.653 0.448 0.302 0.131 2.514
44 Increase 7  Ecuador 6.008 Increase 0.032 1.001 1.286 0.686 0.455 0.150 0.140 2.290
45 Increase 1  El Salvador 6.003 Decrease -0.065 0.910 1.182 0.596 0.432 0.078 0.090 2.715
46 Increase 11  Poland 5.973 Increase 0.138 1.292 1.446 0.699 0.520 0.158 0.059 1.798
47 Increase 2  Uzbekistan 5.971 Decrease -0.016 0.786 1.549 0.498 0.658 0.416 0.247 1.817
48 Increase 2  Italy 5.964 Decrease -0.013 1.395 1.445 0.853 0.256 0.173 0.028 1.813
49 Increase 7  Russia 5.963 Increase 0.107 1.282 1.469 0.547 0.374 0.052 0.033 2.206
50 Increase 2  Belize 5.956 Steady 0.000 0.908 1.081 0.450 0.548 0.240 0.097 2.632
51 Increase 2  Japan 5.920 Decrease -0.001 1.417 1.436 0.913 0.506 0.121 0.164 1.363
52 Increase 8  Lithuania 5.902 Increase 0.089 1.315 1.474 0.629 0.234 0.010 0.012 2.228
53 Decrease -15  Algeria 5.872 Decrease -0.483 1.092 1.146 0.618 0.233 0.069 0.146 2.568
54 Increase 14  Latvia 5.850 Increase 0.290 1.261 1.405 0.639 0.326 0.153 0.074 1.994
55 Steady 0  Moldova 5.838 Decrease -0.059 0.729 1.252 0.589 0.241 0.209 0.010 2.808
56 Increase 2  South Korea 5.838 Increase 0.003 1.402 1.128 0.900 0.258 0.207 0.063 1.880
57 Increase 14  Romania 5.825 Increase 0.297 1.218 1.150 0.685 0.457 0.134 0.004 2.177
58 Increase 1  Bolivia 5.823 Increase 0.001 0.834 1.228 0.474 0.559 0.226 0.060 2.443
59 Increase 6  Turkmenistan 5.822 Increase 0.164 1.131 1.493 0.438 0.418 0.250 0.259 1.833
60 Decrease -6  Kazakhstan 5.819 Decrease -0.100 1.285 1.384 0.606 0.437 0.202 0.119 1.785
61 Increase 1  North Cyprus 5.810 Increase 0.039 1.347 1.186 0.835 0.471 0.267 0.155 1.549
62 Increase 1  Slovenia 5.758 Decrease -0.010 1.341 1.453 0.791 0.573 0.243 0.045 1.313
63 Increase 1  Peru 5.715 Decrease -0.028 1.035 1.219 0.630 0.450 0.127 0.047 2.207
64 Increase 2  Mauritius 5.629 Decrease -0.019 1.189 1.210 0.638 0.491 0.361 0.042 1.698
65 Increase 4  Cyprus 5.621 Increase 0.075 1.356 1.131 0.845 0.355 0.271 0.041 1.621
66 Increase 6  Estonia 5.611 Increase 0.094 1.321 1.477 0.695 0.479 0.099 0.183 1.358
67 Decrease -6  Belarus 5.569 Decrease -0.233 1.157 1.445 0.638 0.295 0.155 0.156 1.723
68 Decrease -1  Libya 5.525 Decrease -0.090 1.102 1.358 0.520 0.466 0.152 0.093 1.835
69 Increase 9  Turkey 5.500 Increase 0.111 1.198 1.338 0.638 0.301 0.047 0.100 1.879
70 Steady 0  Paraguay 5.493 Decrease -0.045 0.933 1.507 0.579 0.474 0.224 0.091 1.685
71 Increase 4  Hong Kong 5.472 Increase 0.014 1.552 1.263 0.943 0.491 0.374 0.294 0.555
72 Increase 10  Philippines 5.430 Increase 0.151 0.858 1.254 0.468 0.585 0.194 0.099 1.973
73 Increase 13  Serbia 5.395 Increase 0.218 1.069 1.258 0.651 0.209 0.220 0.041 1.947
74 Increase 6  Jordan 5.336 Increase 0.033 0.991 1.239 0.605 0.418 0.172 0.120 1.791
75 Increase 16  Hungary 5.324 Increase 0.179 1.286 1.343 0.688 0.176 0.078 0.037 1.716
76 Decrease -3  Jamaica 5.311 Decrease -0.199 0.926 1.368 0.641 0.474 0.234 0.055 1.612
– – World 5.305[Note 2] N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
77 Decrease -3  Croatia 5.293 Decrease -0.195 1.223 0.968 0.701 0.256 0.248 0.043 1.854
78 Decrease -1  Kosovo 5.279 Decrease -0.122 0.951 1.138 0.541 0.260 0.320 0.057 2.011
79 Increase 4  China 5.273 Increase 0.028 1.081 1.161 0.741 0.473 0.029 0.023 1.765
80 Increase 12  Pakistan 5.269 Increase 0.137 0.727 0.673 0.402 0.235 0.315 0.124 2.792
81 Decrease -2  Indonesia 5.262 Decrease -0.052 0.996 1.274 0.492 0.443 0.612 0.015 1.429
82 Decrease -38  Venezuela 5.250 Decrease -0.834 1.128 1.431 0.617 0.154 0.065 0.064 1.789
83 Increase 5  Montenegro 5.237 Increase 0.076 1.121 1.238 0.667 0.195 0.198 0.088 1.729
84 Increase 6  Morocco 5.235 Increase 0.084 0.878 0.775 0.598 0.408 0.032 0.088 2.456
85 Decrease -4  Azerbaijan 5.234 Decrease -0.057 1.154 1.152 0.541 0.398 0.045 0.181 1.762
86 Increase 3  Dominican Republic 5.230 Increase 0.075 1.079 1.402 0.575 0.553 0.187 0.114 1.319
87 Increase 12  Greece 5.227 Increase 0.194 1.289 1.239 0.810 0.096 0.000 0.043 1.749
88 Increase 5  Lebanon 5.225 Increase 0.096 1.075 1.130 0.735 0.289 0.264 0.038 1.695
89 Increase 5  Portugal 5.195 Increase 0.072 1.315 1.367 0.796 0.498 0.095 0.016 1.108
90 Decrease -3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.182 Increase 0.019 0.982 1.069 0.705 0.204 0.329 0.000 1.892
91 Increase 13  Honduras 5.181 Increase 0.310 0.731 1.144 0.583 0.348 0.236 0.073 2.066
92 Increase 3  Macedonia 5.175 Increase 0.054 1.065 1.208 0.645 0.326 0.254 0.060 1.617
93 Decrease -17  Somalia 5.151 Decrease -0.289 0.023 0.721 0.114 0.602 0.292 0.282 3.117
94 Increase 2  Vietnam 5.074 Increase 0.013 0.789 1.277 0.652 0.571 0.235 0.088 1.462
95 Increase 8  Nigeria 5.074 Increase 0.199 0.784 1.216 0.057 0.395 0.231 0.026 2.365
96 Increase 4  Tajikistan 5.041 Increase 0.045 0.525 1.271 0.529 0.472 0.249 0.146 1.849
97 Decrease -13  Bhutan 5.011 Decrease -0.185 0.885 1.340 0.496 0.502 0.474 0.173 1.140
98 Decrease -13  Kyrgyzstan 5.004 Decrease -0.181 0.596 1.394 0.553 0.455 0.429 0.039 1.537
99 Increase 8    Nepal 4.962 Increase 0.169 0.480 1.179 0.504 0.440 0.394 0.073 1.891
100 Increase 1  Mongolia 4.955 Increase 0.048 1.027 1.493 0.558 0.394 0.338 0.033 1.111
101 Increase 15  South Africa 4.829 Increase 0.370 1.055 1.385 0.187 0.479 0.139 0.073 1.511
102 Decrease -4  Tunisia 4.805 Decrease -0.240 1.007 0.868 0.613 0.290 0.050 0.087 1.890
103 Increase 5  Palestinian Territories 4.775 Increase 0.021 0.716 1.156 0.566 0.255 0.114 0.089 1.879
104 Increase 16  Egypt 4.735 Increase 0.373 0.990 0.997 0.520 0.282 0.129 0.114 1.702
105 Increase 24  Bulgaria 4.714 Increase 0.497 1.161 1.434 0.708 0.289 0.113 0.011 0.996
106 Increase 5  Sierra Leone 4.709 Increase 0.074 0.368 0.984 0.006 0.319 0.293 0.071 2.668
107 Increase 7  Cameroon 4.695 Increase 0.182 0.564 0.946 0.133 0.430 0.236 0.051 2.334
108 Decrease -3  Iran 4.692 Decrease -0.121 1.157 0.712 0.639 0.249 0.387 0.049 1.499
109 Steady 0  Albania 4.644 Decrease -0.011 0.996 0.804 0.731 0.381 0.201 0.040 1.490
110 Steady 0  Bangladesh 4.608 Decrease -0.035 0.587 0.735 0.533 0.478 0.172 0.124 1.979
111 Increase 2  Namibia 4.574 Steady 0.000 0.964 1.098 0.339 0.520 0.077 0.093 1.482
112 Increase 10  Kenya 4.553 Increase 0.197 0.560 1.068 0.310 0.453 0.445 0.065 1.652
113 NA  Mozambique 4.550 NA 0.234 0.871 0.107 0.481 0.322 0.179 2.356
114 Increase 5  Myanmar 4.545 Increase 0.150 0.367 1.123 0.398 0.514 0.838 0.189 1.115
115 Increase 13  Senegal 4.535 Increase 0.316 0.479 1.180 0.409 0.378 0.183 0.115 1.790
116 Decrease -10  Zambia 4.514 Decrease -0.281 0.636 1.003 0.258 0.462 0.250 0.078 1.827
117 Decrease -5  Iraq 4.497 Decrease -0.078 1.103 0.979 0.501 0.289 0.200 0.107 1.319
118 Increase 16  Gabon 4.465 Increase 0.344 1.198 1.156 0.357 0.312 0.044 0.076 1.323
119 Decrease -4  Ethiopia 4.460 Decrease -0.048 0.339 0.865 0.353 0.409 0.313 0.165 2.016
120 Decrease -3  Sri Lanka 4.440 Increase 0.025 1.010 1.260 0.625 0.561 0.491 0.074 0.419
121 Steady 0  Armenia 4.376 Increase 0.016 0.901 1.007 0.638 0.198 0.083 0.027 1.521
122 Decrease -4  India 4.315 Decrease -0.089 0.792 0.754 0.455 0.470 0.232 0.092 1.519
123 Increase 7  Mauritania 4.292 Increase 0.091 0.648 1.272 0.285 0.096 0.202 0.137 1.652
124 Increase 1  Congo (Brazzaville) 4.291 Increase 0.019 0.809 0.832 0.290 0.435 0.121 0.080 1.724
125 Increase 1  Georgia 4.286 Increase 0.034 0.951 0.571 0.650 0.309 0.054 0.252 1.500
126 Increase 1  Congo (Kinshasa) 4.280 Increase 0.044 0.092 1.229 0.191 0.236 0.246 0.060 2.225
127 Increase 8  Mali 4.190 Increase 0.117 0.476 1.281 0.169 0.307 0.183 0.105 1.668
128 Increase 11  Ivory Coast 4.180 Increase 0.264 0.603 0.905 0.049 0.448 0.201 0.130 1.845
129 Increase 11  Cambodia 4.168 Increase 0.261 0.602 1.006 0.430 0.633 0.386 0.068 1.043
130 Increase 3  Sudan 4.139 Steady 0.000 0.660 1.214 0.291 0.015 0.182 0.090 1.687
131 Decrease -7  Ghana 4.120 Decrease -0.156 0.667 0.874 0.296 0.423 0.257 0.025 1.578
132 Decrease -9  Ukraine 4.096 Decrease -0.228 0.895 1.395 0.576 0.123 0.270 0.023 0.814
133 Increase 13  Uganda 4.081 Increase 0.342 0.381 1.130 0.218 0.443 0.326 0.057 1.526
134 Increase 11  Burkina Faso 4.032 Increase 0.293 0.350 1.043 0.216 0.324 0.251 0.120 1.727
135 Increase 7  Niger 4.028 Increase 0.172 0.162 0.993 0.269 0.364 0.229 0.139 1.874
136 Decrease -4  Malawi 3.970 Decrease -0.186 0.233 0.513 0.315 0.467 0.287 0.073 2.082
137 Increase 7  Chad 3.936 Increase 0.173 0.438 0.954 0.041 0.162 0.216 0.054 2.071
138 Decrease -7  Zimbabwe 3.875 Decrease -0.318 0.376 1.083 0.197 0.336 0.189 0.095 1.598
139 NA  Lesotho 3.808 NA 0.521 1.190 0.000 0.391 0.157 0.119 1.430
140 Increase 1  Angola 3.795 Decrease -0.071 0.858 1.104 0.050 0.000 0.098 0.070 1.614
141 Increase 13  Afghanistan 3.794 Increase 0.434 0.401 0.582 0.181 0.106 0.312 0.061 2.151
142 Decrease -5  Botswana 3.766 Decrease -0.208 1.122 1.222 0.342 0.505 0.099 0.099 0.378
143 Increase 10  Benin 3.657 Increase 0.173 0.431 0.435 0.210 0.426 0.208 0.061 1.886
144 Increase 4  Madagascar 3.644 Decrease -0.051 0.306 0.913 0.375 0.189 0.209 0.067 1.585
145 Decrease -9  Haiti 3.603 Decrease -0.425 0.369 0.640 0.277 0.030 0.489 0.100 1.697
146 Increase 1  Yemen 3.593 Decrease -0.131 0.592 0.935 0.310 0.249 0.104 0.057 1.346
147 Decrease -4  South Sudan 3.591 Decrease -0.241 0.397 0.601 0.163 0.147 0.286 0.117 1.880
148 Increase 2  Liberia 3.533 Decrease -0.089 0.119 0.872 0.230 0.333 0.267 0.039 1.673
149 Increase 2  Guinea 3.507 Decrease -0.100 0.245 0.791 0.194 0.349 0.265 0.111 1.552
150 Increase 5  Togo 3.495 Increase 0.192 0.305 0.432 0.247 0.380 0.197 0.096 1.837
151 Increase 1  Rwanda 3.471 Decrease -0.044 0.369 0.946 0.326 0.582 0.253 0.455 0.540
152 Increase 4  Syria 3.462 Increase 0.393 0.777 0.396 0.501 0.082 0.494 0.151 1.062
153 Decrease -4  Tanzania 3.349 Decrease -0.317 0.511 1.042 0.365 0.390 0.354 0.066 0.621
154 Increase 3  Burundi 2.905 Steady 0.000 0.092 0.630 0.152 0.060 0.204 0.084 1.683
155 NA  Central African Republic 2.693 NA 0.000 0.000 0.019 0.271 0.281 0.057 2.066

2013-2015 averaged ranking[6][edit]

Legend:

  Explained by: GDP per capita
  Explained by: Social support
  Explained by: Healthy life expectancy
  Explained by: Freedom to make life choices
  Explained by: Generosity
  Trust or absence of corruption, as explained by the publicly perceived absence of corruption in government and business[7]

Italics: States with limited recognition and disputed territories
Overall Rank
[8][9]		 Country Score Change Over
Prior Year		 GDP per capita Social support Healthy life expectancy Freedom to make life choices Generosity Trust
1  Denmark 7.526 Decrease -0.401
2   Switzerland 7.509 Increase 0.035
3  Iceland 7.501 Steady 0.000
4  Norway 7.498 Increase 0.082
5  Finland 7.413 Decrease -0.259
6  Canada 7.404 Decrease -0.041
7  Netherlands 7.339 Decrease -0.119
8  New Zealand 7.334 Decrease -0.097
9  Australia 7.313 Increase 0.002
10  Sweden 7.291 Decrease -0.017
11  Israel 7.267 Increase 0.258
12  Austria 7.119 Decrease -0.003
13  United States 7.104 Decrease -0.261
14  Costa Rica 7.087 Decrease -0.171
15  Puerto Rico 7.039 Increase 0.446
16  Germany 6.994 Increase 0.486
17  Brazil 6.952 Increase 0.474
18  Belgium 6.929 Decrease -0.311
19  Ireland 6.907 Decrease -0.238
20  Luxembourg 6.871 Steady 0.000
21  Mexico 6.778 Increase 0.225
22  Singapore 6.739 Increase 0.099
23  United Kingdom 6.725 Decrease -0.161
24  Chile 6.705 Increase 0.826
25  Panama 6.701 Increase 0.191
26  Argentina 6.650 Increase 0.457
27  Czech Republic 6.596 Increase 0.126
28  United Arab Emirates 6.573 Decrease -0.161
29  Uruguay 6.545 Increase 0.804
30  Malta 6.488 Steady 0.000
31  Colombia 6.481 Increase 0.399
32  France 6.478 Decrease -0.336
33  Thailand 6.474 Increase 0.631
34  Saudi Arabia 6.379 Decrease -0.794
35  Taiwan 6.379 Increase 0.190
36  Qatar 6.375 Steady 0.000
37  Spain 6.361 Decrease -0.711
38  Algeria 6.355 Steady 0.000
39  Guatemala 6.324 Increase 0.211
40  Suriname 6.269 Steady 0.000
41  Kuwait 6.239 Increase 0.164
42  Bahrain 6.218 Steady 0.000
43  Trinidad and Tobago 6.168 Increase 0.336
44  Venezuela 6.084 Decrease -0.762
45  Slovakia 6.078 Increase 0.814
46  El Salvador 6.068 Increase 0.572
47  Malaysia 6.005 Decrease -0.132
48  Nicaragua 5.992 Increase 1.285
49  Uzbekistan 5.987 Increase 0.755
50  Italy 5.977 Decrease -0.735
51  Ecuador 5.976 Increase 0.966
52  Belize 5.956 Decrease -0.495
53  Japan 5.921 Decrease -0.446
54  Kazakhstan 5.919 Increase 0.322
55  Moldova 5.897 Increase 0.959
56  Russia 5.856 Increase 0.738
57  Poland 5.835 Increase 0.098
58  South Korea 5.835 Increase 0.295
59  Bolivia 5.822 Increase 0.322
60  Lithuania 5.813 Decrease -0.069
61  Belarus 5.802 Increase 0.165
62  Northern Cyprus 5.771 Steady 0.000
63  Slovenia 5.768 Decrease -0.044
64  Peru 5.743 Increase 0.730
65  Turkmenistan 5.658 Steady 0.000
66  Mauritius 5.648 Steady 0.000
67  Libya 5.615 Steady 0.000
68  Latvia 5.560 Increase 0.872
69  Cyprus 5.546 Decrease -0.692
70  Paraguay 5.538 Increase 0.536
71  Romania 5.528 Increase 0.310
72  Estonia 5.517 Increase 0.165
73  Jamaica 5.510 Decrease -0.698
74  Croatia 5.488 Decrease -0.333
75  Hong Kong 5.458 Decrease -0.053
76  Somalia 5.440 Steady 0.000
77 Kosovo Kosovo [Note 3] 5.401 Increase 0.298
78  Turkey 5.389 Increase 0.216
79  Indonesia 5.314 Increase 0.295
80  Jordan 5.303 Decrease -0.638
81  Azerbaijan 5.291 Increase 0.642
82  Philippines 5.279 Increase 0.425
83  People's Republic of China 5.245 Increase 0.525
84  Bhutan 5.196 Steady 0.000
85  Kyrgyzstan 5.185 Increase 0.515
86  Serbia 5.177 Increase 0.426
87  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.163 Increase 0.263
88  Montenegro 5.161 Decrease -0.035
89  Dominican Republic 5.155 Increase 0.070
90  Morocco 5.151 Steady 0.000
91  Hungary 5.145 Increase 0.070
92  Pakistan 5.132 Decrease -0.374
93  Lebanon 5.129 Increase 0.059
94  Portugal 5.123 Decrease -0.282
95  Macedonia 5.121 Increase 0.627
96  Vietnam 5.061 Decrease -0.299
97 Somaliland Somaliland region 5.057 Steady 0.000
98  Tunisia 5.045 Steady 0.000
99  Greece 5.033 Decrease -1.294
100  Tajikistan 4.996 Increase 0.474
101  Mongolia 4.907 Increase 0.298
102  Laos 4.876 Decrease -0.344
103  Nigeria 4.875 Increase 0.075
104  Honduras 4.871 Decrease -0.375
105  Iran 4.813 Decrease -0.507
106  Zambia 4.795 Increase 0.381
107    Nepal 4.793 Increase 0.135
108 State of Palestine Palestinian Territories[Note 4] 4.754 Increase 0.321
109  Albania 4.655 Increase 0.021
110  Bangladesh 4.643 Increase 0.170
111  Sierra Leone 4.635 Increase 1.028
112  Iraq 4.575 Steady 0.000
113  Namibia 4.574 Decrease -0.312
114  Cameroon 4.513 Increase 0.413
115  Ethiopia 4.508 Steady 0.000
116  South Africa 4.459 Decrease -0.686
117  Sri Lanka 4.415 Increase 0.037
118  India 4.404 Decrease -0.750
119  Myanmar 4.395 Steady 0.000
120  Egypt 4.362 Decrease -0.996
121  Armenia 4.360 Decrease -0.226
122  Kenya 4.356 Decrease -0.044
123  Ukraine 4.324 Decrease -0.701
124  Ghana 4.276 Decrease -0.600
125  Republic of the Congo 4.272 Steady 0.000
126  Georgia 4.252 Increase 0.561
127  Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.236 Steady 0.000
128  Senegal 4.219 Decrease -0.328
129  Bulgaria 4.217 Increase 0.373
130  Mauritania 4.201 Increase 0.052
131  Zimbabwe 4.193 Increase 0.639
132  Malawi 4.156 Decrease -0.205
133  Sudan 4.139 Steady 0.000
134  Gabon 4.121 Steady 0.000
135  Mali 4.073 Increase 0.059
136  Haiti 4.028 Increase 0.274
137  Botswana 3.974 Decrease -0.765
138  Comoros 3.956 Steady 0.000
139  Ivory Coast 3.916 Steady 0.000
140  Cambodia 3.907 Increase 0.045
141  Angola 3.866 Steady 0.000
142  Niger 3.856 Decrease -0.144
143  South Sudan 3.832 Steady 0.000
144  Chad 3.763 Decrease -0.025
145  Burkina Faso 3.739 Decrease -0.170
146  Uganda 3.739 Decrease -0.356
147  Yemen 3.724 Decrease -0.754
148  Madagascar 3.695 Decrease -0.285
149  Tanzania 3.666 Decrease -0.460
150  Liberia 3.622 Decrease -0.080
151  Guinea 3.607 Steady 0.000
152  Rwanda 3.515 Decrease -0.700
153  Benin 3.484 Increase 0.154
154  Afghanistan 3.360 Steady 0.000
155  Togo 3.303 Increase 0.100
156  Syria 3.069 Steady 0.000
157  Burundi 2.905 Steady 0.000

2016 map [10][edit]

Static version of the World Happiness Map

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Score not included in the original report, but was attained by adding up Europe's scores and then dividing for an average: 6.08044.
  2. ^ Score not included in the original report, but was attained by adding up all the scores and then dividing for an average: 5.3053935483871.
  3. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 111 out of 193 United Nations member states.
  4. ^ See the following on statehood criteria:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "World Happiness Report homepage". 
  2. ^ "GNH Survey 2010" (PDF). The Centre for Bhutan Studies. Retrieved 17 October 2013. 
  3. ^ Helliwell, John; Layard, Richard; Sachs, Jeffrey (April 2, 2012). "World Happiness Report" (PDF). Columbia University Earth Institute. Retrieved 2014-06-29. 
  4. ^ Kyu Lee (2013-09-09). "Sustainable Development Solutions Network | World Happiness Report 2013". unsdsn.org. Retrieved 2014-04-25. 
  5. ^ Helliwell, J.; Layard, R.; Sachs, J. (2017). World Happiness Report 2017. New York: Sustainable Development Solutions Network. ISBN 978-0-9968513-5-0. 
  6. ^ "World Happiness Report 2016 Update". UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network; Earth Institute (University of Columbia). pp. 20–21–22. Archived from the original on 17 Mar 2016. Retrieved 20 Mar 2016. 
  7. ^ "Chapter 2: The Distribution of World Happiness", World Happiness Report 2016 Update (PDF), p. 4, para. 1, retrieved 20 Mar 2016 
  8. ^ "2016 Update Report download" (PDF). Retrieved 20 Mar 2016. 
  9. ^ 2016 Table download (XLS), Figure2.2, retrieved 20 Mar 2016 
  10. ^ "World Well-being Explorer". World Well-being Explorer. Retrieved 5 December 2016. 

External links[edit]

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