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Rank report Inequality-adjusted Happiness in Nations 2010-2019

How well nations combine level and differences in happiness

Technical details

Rank Nation Standard deviation of
0-10 life satisfaction
Satisfaction with life
(scale 0 - 10)
Inequality-adjusted life satisfaction
index 0 - 100
7 Netherlands 1.43 7.6 68 2 Finland 1.58 8.0 70 5 Canada 1.59 7.9 69 1 Denmark 1.64 8.2 71 4 Iceland 1.65 8.0 69 11 Belgium 1.68 7.5 66 3 Switzerland 1.68 8.0 70 6 Norway 1.69 7.9 69 61 Bhutan 1.71 6.1 54 8 Sweden 1.78 7.8 67 68 Rwanda 1.79 6.1 53 17 Andorra 1.82 7.3 62 71 Korea (South) 1.84 6.1 52 18 Argentina 1.90 7.3 62 47 Singapore 1.92 6.6 56 28 Italy 1.92 7.0 59 59 Turkmenistan 1.93 6.4 54 12 Austria 1.94 7.7 65 133 Afghanistan 1.94 4.5 39 79 Viet Nam 1.96 6.0 50 85 Tajikistan 1.97 5.8 49 45 Malaysia 1.97 6.7 57 19 Germany 1.97 7.4 62 29 Spain 1.99 7.0 59 103 Congo (Kinshasa) 2.01 5.2 44 20 United Kingdom 2.03 7.4 62 40 Czech Republic 2.04 6.9 57 78 Mongolia 2.04 6.1 51 72 Lebanon 2.04 6.2 52 105 Senegal 2.05 5.3 44 23 Bangladesh 2.07 7.3 61 26 Ireland 2.07 7.2 60 15 Uzbekistan 2.07 7.7 63 84 Laos 2.07 5.9 49 139 Madagascar 2.07 4.6 38 96 Mauritania 2.08 5.6 46 16 Israel 2.08 7.6 63 57 Hong Kong 2.10 6.6 54 98 Myanmar 2.11 5.6 46 24 New Zealand 2.12 7.3 60 102 Ethiopia 2.12 5.4 45 112 Sudan 2.13 5.2 42 35 Slovenia 2.13 7.1 58 82 Moldova 2.13 6.1 50 46 Surinam 2.14 6.9 57 14 Qatar 2.14 7.8 64 49 Chile 2.15 6.8 56 44 Australia 2.16 6.9 57 48 Slovakia 2.16 6.9 56 41 United States of America 2.16 7.0 57 77 Japan 2.17 6.2 51 70 Bahrein 2.18 6.4 52 33 Poland 2.18 7.2 58 126 Burkina Faso 2.18 5.0 40 62 Estonia 2.19 6.6 54 22 United Arab Emirates 2.19 7.5 61 10 Colombia 2.19 8.1 66 107 Sri Lanka 2.20 5.4 44 51 Paraguay 2.21 6.8 56 150 Central African Republic 2.21 4.4 35 9 Mexico 2.22 8.1 66 38 Peru 2.22 7.1 58 90 Türkiye 2.23 6.0 49 125 Mali 2.23 5.0 40 117 Comoros 2.23 5.2 42 52 Cyprus 2.23 6.8 55 53 China 2.23 6.8 55 129 Niger 2.23 4.9 40 31 Montenegro 2.24 7.3 59 27 Uruguay 2.25 7.3 59 13 Costa Rica 2.25 7.9 64 21 Ecuador 2.27 7.6 61 142 Iraq 2.27 4.7 37 56 Thailand 2.27 6.8 54 120 Chad 2.28 5.1 41 111 Gabon 2.29 5.3 42 66 Taiwan 2.29 6.6 53 55 France 2.29 6.8 54 63 Mauritius 2.29 6.7 53 37 Bolivia 2.29 7.2 58 89 Lithuania 2.29 6.1 49 88 Portugal 2.29 6.1 49 122 Kenya 2.29 5.1 41 115 Angola 2.30 5.3 42 95 Belarus 2.32 5.9 47 93 Greece 2.32 6.0 48 154 Burundi 2.33 4.2 33 114 Cambodia 2.33 5.4 42 110 Djibouti 2.33 5.4 43 145 Benin 2.33 4.6 36 86 Hungary 2.33 6.2 49 123 Guinea 2.34 5.2 41 109 Nepal 2.34 5.4 43 42 Trinidad and Tobago 2.34 7.2 57 67 Kazakhstan 2.35 6.6 53 152 Togo 2.36 4.4 34 75 Saudi Arabia 2.36 6.5 51 39 Guatemala 2.37 7.2 58 149 Botswana 2.37 4.6 35 118 Cameroon 2.37 5.3 41 87 Somalia 2.37 6.2 49 157 Tanzania 2.37 3.8 29 97 Russia 2.38 5.9 46 76 Croatia 2.39 6.5 51 92 Azerbaijan 2.41 6.1 48 132 Uganda 2.43 5.0 39 104 Swaziland 2.44 5.7 44 30 Bosnia Herzegovina 2.45 7.5 59 121 Côte d'Ivoire 2.45 5.3 41 81 Belize 2.45 6.4 50 32 Panama 2.45 7.5 59 151 Syria 2.45 4.5 35 99 South Africa 2.46 5.9 46 34 Kyrgyzstan 2.47 7.4 58 54 El Salvador 2.47 7.0 55 119 Iran 2.48 5.4 41 101 Serbia 2.50 5.9 45 43 Pakistan 2.51 7.3 57 83 Jamaica 2.51 6.4 49 69 Venezuela 2.52 6.8 52 36 Brazil 2.52 7.4 58 94 India 2.53 6.1 47 64 Kuwait 2.53 6.9 53 124 Zimbabwe 2.54 5.3 40 60 Romania 2.54 7.0 54 108 Namibia 2.54 5.6 43 135 Zambia 2.55 5.1 38 25 Nicaragua 2.55 7.7 60 91 Jordan 2.59 6.4 49 136 Ukraine 2.61 5.1 38 137 Congo (Brazzaville) 2.62 5.1 38 65 North Macedonia 2.64 7.0 53 130 Armenia 2.65 5.4 40 50 Indonesia 2.65 7.3 56 138 Malawi 2.65 5.2 38 144 Bulgaria 2.67 5.0 37 113 Ghana 2.67 5.7 42 106 Algeria 2.67 5.9 44 141 Sierra Leone 2.68 5.1 38 134 Lesotho 2.70 5.2 38 80 Honduras 2.71 6.7 50 128 Morocco 2.76 5.5 40 156 South Sudan 2.76 4.4 31 143 Palestine 2.77 5.1 37 155 Liberia 2.79 4.5 31 116 Gambia 2.80 5.8 42 146 Mozambique 2.81 5.0 36 58 Dominican Republic 2.82 7.3 54 131 Nigeria 2.82 5.5 39 147 Tunisia 2.83 5.1 36 74 Libya 2.83 6.9 51 153 Egypt 2.86 4.8 34 148 Haiti 2.89 5.1 35 127 Georgia 2.91 5.6 40 100 Albania 2.91 6.3 45 73 Philippines 2.96 7.1 51 140 Yemen 2.96 5.4 38