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Rank report Inequality of Happiness in Nations 2010-2019

How much citizens differ in enjoyment of their life-as-a-whole

Technical details

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