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