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Rank report Happy Life Years in Nations 2010-2019

How long and happy people live

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Rank Nation Satisfaction with life
(scale 0 - 10)
Life expectancy in years Happy Life Years
(HLY)
139 South Africa 5.9 49.7 29.4 155 Chad 5.1 49.8 25.6 159 Afghanistan 4.5 50.9 23.1 141 Swaziland 5.7 51.1 29.0 140 Namibia 5.6 51.6 29.1 160 Central African Republic 4.4 51.8 22.8 129 Somalia 6.2 52.0 32.2 147 Gabon 5.3 52.0 27.7 153 Zambia 5.1 52.2 26.5 146 Lesotho 5.2 52.9 27.7 152 Mozambique 5.0 52.9 26.7 142 Nigeria 5.5 53.0 29.0 149 Malawi 5.2 53.5 27.6 157 Botswana 4.6 54.2 24.8 148 Uganda 5.0 54.9 27.7 150 Niger 4.9 55.1 27.2 145 Mali 5.0 55.3 27.8 138 Angola 5.3 55.6 29.5 136 Congo (Kinshasa) 5.2 56.9 29.9 132 Zimbabwe 5.3 57.1 30.5 137 Sierra Leone 5.1 57.8 29.7 133 Cameroon 5.3 57.9 30.4 131 Côte d'Ivoire 5.3 58.3 30.9 154 Liberia 4.5 58.6 26.3 134 Congo (Brazzaville) 5.1 58.8 30.2 113 Rwanda 6.1 59.7 36.2 156 Burundi 4.2 60.1 25.5 130 Guinea 5.2 60.1 31.0 151 South Sudan 4.4 60.8 26.8 127 Senegal 5.3 61.3 32.3 121 Ethiopia 5.4 61.5 33.5 143 Benin 4.6 61.5 28.5 158 Tanzania 3.8 61.7 23.6 117 Mauritania 5.6 62.7 35.0 120 Djibouti 5.4 62.8 34.0 126 Haiti 5.1 63.5 32.4 124 Sudan 5.2 63.6 32.9 125 Kenya 5.1 63.8 32.7 123 Comoros 5.2 63.9 33.2 107 Laos 5.9 63.9 37.8 119 Cambodia 5.4 64.1 34.3 144 Togo 4.4 64.5 28.4 110 Gambia 5.8 64.6 37.4 128 Burkina Faso 5.0 65.1 32.3 116 Yemen 5.4 65.2 35.4 135 Madagascar 4.6 65.6 30.0 106 Ghana 5.7 66.2 37.8 111 Myanmar 5.6 66.3 36.9 103 Tajikistan 5.8 67.4 39.1 72 Pakistan 7.3 67.4 49.4 112 Nepal 5.4 67.5 36.7 99 India 6.1 68.1 41.7 90 Belize 6.4 68.6 44.2 71 Bolivia 7.2 68.9 49.5 97 Mongolia 6.1 69.3 42.2 115 Ukraine 5.1 69.4 35.7 96 Bhutan 6.1 69.5 42.4 87 Turkmenistan 6.4 69.8 44.5 54 Kyrgyzstan 7.4 70.4 52.3 93 Moldova 6.1 70.4 43.0 100 Russia 5.9 70.5 41.3 82 Kazakhstan 6.6 70.6 46.9 59 Bangladesh 7.3 70.9 52.0 80 Honduras 6.7 71.0 47.6 105 Iran 5.4 71.2 38.2 122 Iraq 4.7 71.5 33.3 57 Guatemala 7.2 72.0 52.2 69 Surinam 6.9 72.0 49.7 89 Azerbaijan 6.1 72.2 44.2 95 Belarus 5.9 72.5 42.8 50 Indonesia 7.3 72.5 52.9 58 Trinidad and Tobago 7.2 72.6 52.2 61 Philippines 7.1 72.8 51.5 35 Nicaragua 7.7 73.0 56.3 92 Viet Nam 6.0 73.2 43.7 108 Palestine 5.1 73.2 37.6 42 Brazil 7.4 73.5 54.6 56 Peru 7.1 73.5 52.2 88 Türkiye 6.0 73.6 44.4 83 Jamaica 6.4 73.6 46.9 34 Uzbekistan 7.7 73.6 56.3 114 Egypt 4.8 73.7 35.7 75 Latvia 6.6 73.7 48.6 74 Estonia 6.6 74.3 48.8 68 Thailand 6.8 74.4 50.2 60 El Salvador 7.0 74.4 52.0 65 Venezuela 6.8 74.5 50.5 102 Armenia 5.4 74.5 39.9 109 Bulgaria 5.0 74.6 37.6 66 Malaysia 6.7 74.8 50.4 55 Romania 7.0 74.9 52.2 78 Saudi Arabia 6.5 75.1 48.5 63 China 6.8 75.3 51.1 91 Serbia 5.9 75.3 44.1 67 Mauritius 6.7 75.4 50.3 14 Colombia 8.1 75.5 61.1 118 Syria 4.5 75.6 34.4 12 Mexico 8.1 75.7 61.6 84 Hungary 6.2 75.7 46.7 104 Tunisia 5.1 75.9 38.4 81 Lebanon 6.2 75.9 47.2 94 Georgia 5.6 76.0 42.9 47 North Macedonia 7.0 76.0 53.1 85 Lithuania 6.1 76.2 46.6 49 Libya 6.9 76.3 53.0 86 Algeria 5.9 76.6 45.1 23 Ecuador 7.6 76.6 58.3 28 Bosnia Herzegovina 7.5 76.6 57.2 70 Croatia 6.5 76.6 49.6 101 Sri Lanka 5.4 76.7 41.3 53 Slovakia 6.9 76.7 52.6 98 Morocco 5.5 76.7 42.1 40 Poland 7.2 76.9 55.0 52 Paraguay 6.8 77.0 52.6 33 Uruguay 7.3 77.0 56.5 25 United Arab Emirates 7.5 77.3 58.0 31 Argentina 7.3 77.7 56.9 44 Kuwait 6.9 77.8 53.7 32 Dominican Republic 7.3 78.0 56.8 39 Slovenia 7.1 78.0 55.2 73 Albania 6.3 78.1 49.2 8 Costa Rica 7.9 78.4 62.2 30 Montenegro 7.3 78.4 56.9 46 Cyprus 6.8 78.5 53.6 43 Czech Republic 6.9 78.5 54.2 22 Panama 7.5 78.5 58.5 13 Qatar 7.8 78.6 61.1 45 Chile 6.8 78.6 53.6 64 Bahrein 6.4 78.7 50.6 79 Portugal 6.1 79.2 48.4 3 Denmark 8.2 79.3 64.8 37 United States of America 7.0 79.7 56.0 6 Finland 8.0 79.8 63.6 48 Taiwan 6.6 80.0 53.0 77 Korea (South) 6.1 80.0 48.5 16 Belgium 7.5 80.1 60.2 15 Luxembourg 7.6 80.1 60.5 9 Austria 7.7 80.3 62.1 21 Malta 7.3 80.3 58.6 18 United Kingdom 7.4 80.5 59.5 62 Jordan 6.4 80.5 51.3 19 Germany 7.4 80.6 59.5 24 Ireland 7.2 80.7 58.2 76 Greece 6.0 80.8 48.6 20 New Zealand 7.3 81.1 59.4 10 Netherlands 7.6 81.2 61.9 4 Iceland 8.0 81.3 64.8 11 Israel 7.6 81.4 61.6 27 Spain 7.0 81.6 57.4 2 Norway 7.9 81.7 64.8 38 France 6.8 81.8 55.5 5 Canada 7.9 81.8 64.2 7 Sweden 7.8 82.0 63.6 26 Italy 7.0 82.1 57.5 29 Australia 6.9 82.2 57.0 1 Switzerland 8.0 82.5 66.4 17 Andorra 7.3 82.7 60.0 41 Hong Kong 6.6 83.4 54.8 51 Japan 6.2 84.7 52.7 36 Singapore 6.6 84.7 56.2