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