Country rankings
Happiest Countries in the World
Finland has the highest World Happiness Score in 2025 (7.74), followed by Denmark (7.52) and Iceland (7.52). Afghanistan has the lowest (1.36).
144 of 235 countries
World Happiness Score, 2025
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 144 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
5.87
Middle half 4.72 – 6.42
Average
5.57
144 countries
Highest
7.74
Finland
Lowest
1.36
Afghanistan
Over time · 2022–2025
The top 5 in 2025, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Finland
- Denmark
- Iceland
- Sweden
- Netherlands
Data
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144 countries · # = rank by World Happiness Score
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Finland | 7.74 | 1st |
| 2 |  Denmark | 7.52 | 2nd |
| 2 |  Iceland | 7.52 | 3rd |
| 4 |  Sweden | 7.35 | 4th |
| 5 |  Netherlands | 7.31 | 5th |
| 6 |  Costa Rica | 7.27 | 6th |
| 7 |  Norway | 7.26 | 7th |
| 8 |  Israel | 7.23 | 8th |
| 9 |  Luxembourg | 7.12 | 9th |
| 10 |  Mexico | 6.98 | 10th |
| 11 |  Australia | 6.97 | 11th |
| 12 |  New Zealand | 6.95 | 12th |
| 13 |  Switzerland | 6.94 | 13th |
| 14 |  Belgium | 6.91 | 14th |
| 15 |  Ireland | 6.89 | 15th |
| 16 |  Lithuania | 6.83 | 16th |
| 17 |  Austria | 6.81 | 17th |
| 18 |  Canada | 6.8 | 18th |
| 19 |  Slovenia | 6.79 | 19th |
| 20 |  Czechia | 6.78 | 20th |
| 21 |  United Arab Emirates | 6.76 | 21st |
| 22 |  Germany | 6.75 | 22nd |
| 23 |  United Kingdom | 6.73 | 23rd |
| 24 |  United States | 6.72 | 24th |
| 25 |  Belize | 6.71 | 25th |
| 26 |  Taiwan | 6.67 | 27th |
| 27 |  Kuwait | 6.63 | 30th |
| 28 |  Serbia | 6.61 | 31st |
| 29 |  Saudi Arabia | 6.6 | 32nd |
| 30 |  France | 6.59 | 33rd |
| 31 |  Singapore | 6.57 | 34th |
| 32 |  Romania | 6.56 | 35th |
| 33 |  Brazil | 6.49 | 36th |
| 33 |  El Salvador | 6.49 | 37th |
| 35 |  Spain | 6.47 | 38th |
| 36 |  Italy | 6.42 | 40th |
| 36 |  Estonia | 6.42 | 39th |
| 38 |  Panama | 6.41 | 41st |
| 39 |  Argentina | 6.4 | 42nd |
| 40 |  Kazakhstan | 6.38 | 43rd |
| 41 |  Poland | 6.37 | 26th |
| 42 |  Chile | 6.36 | 45th |
| 42 |  Guatemala | 6.36 | 44th |
| 44 |  Vietnam | 6.35 | 46th |
| 45 |  Nicaragua | 6.33 | 47th |
| 46 |  Malta | 6.32 | 48th |
| 47 |  Thailand | 6.22 | 49th |
| 47 |  Slovakia | 6.22 | 50th |
| 49 |  Latvia | 6.21 | 51st |
| 50 |  Oman | 6.2 | 52nd |
| 51 |  Uzbekistan | 6.19 | 53rd |
| 52 |  Paraguay | 6.17 | 54th |
| 53 |  Japan | 6.15 | 55th |
| 54 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.14 | 56th |
| 55 |  Philippines | 6.11 | 57th |
| 56 |  South Korea | 6.04 | 58th |
| 57 |  Bahrain | 6.03 | 59th |
| 58 |  Portugal | 6.01 | 60th |
| 59 |  Colombia | 6 | 61st |
| 60 |  Ecuador | 5.97 | 62nd |
| 61 |  Malaysia | 5.96 | 64th |
| 61 |  Honduras | 5.96 | 63rd |
| 63 |  Russia | 5.95 | 66th |
| 63 |  Peru | 5.95 | 65th |
| 65 |  Cyprus | 5.94 | 67th |
| 66 |  China | 5.92 | 68th |
| 66 |  Hungary | 5.92 | 69th |
| 68 |  Tunisia | 5.91 | 70th |
| 69 |  Montenegro | 5.88 | 71st |
| 70 |  Bolivia | 5.87 | 74th |
| 70 |  Croatia | 5.87 | 72nd |
| 70 |  Jamaica | 5.87 | 73rd |
| 73 |  Kyrgyzstan | 5.86 | 75th |
| 74 |  Dominican Republic | 5.85 | 76th |
| 75 |  Mongolia | 5.83 | 77th |
| 75 |  Mauritius | 5.83 | 78th |
| 77 |  Libya | 5.82 | 79th |
| 77 |  Moldova | 5.82 | 80th |
| 79 |  Greece | 5.78 | 81st |
| 80 |  Venezuela | 5.68 | 82nd |
| 81 |  Indonesia | 5.62 | 83rd |
| 82 |  Algeria | 5.57 | 84th |
| 83 |  Bulgaria | 5.55 | 85th |
| 84 |  North Macedonia | 5.5 | 86th |
| 85 |  Hong Kong | 5.49 | 88th |
| 85 |  Armenia | 5.49 | 87th |
| 87 |  Tajikistan | 5.41 | 90th |
| 87 |  Albania | 5.41 | 89th |
| 89 |  Georgia | 5.4 | 91st |
| 90 |  Nepal | 5.31 | 92nd |
| 91 |  Laos | 5.3 | 93rd |
| 92 |  Turkey | 5.26 | 94th |
| 93 |  South Africa | 5.21 | 95th |
| 94 |  Mozambique | 5.19 | 96th |
| 95 |  Gabon | 5.12 | 97th |
| 96 |  Ivory Coast | 5.1 | 98th |
| 97 |  Iran | 5.09 | 99th |
| 98 |  Republic of the Congo | 5.03 | 100th |
| 99 |  Iraq | 4.98 | 101st |
| 100 |  Guinea | 4.93 | 102nd |
| 101 |  Namibia | 4.91 | 103rd |
| 102 |  Nigeria | 4.89 | 105th |
| 102 |  Cameroon | 4.89 | 104th |
| 104 |  Azerbaijan | 4.88 | 106th |
| 105 |  Senegal | 4.86 | 107th |
| 106 |  Palestine | 4.78 | 108th |
| 107 |  Pakistan | 4.77 | 109th |
| 108 |  Niger | 4.73 | 110th |
| 109 |  Ukraine | 4.68 | 111th |
| 110 |  Morocco | 4.62 | 112th |
| 111 |  Mauritania | 4.54 | 114th |
| 112 |  Kenya | 4.51 | 115th |
| 113 |  Uganda | 4.46 | 116th |
| 114 |  Gambia | 4.42 | 117th |
| 115 |  India | 4.39 | 118th |
| 116 |  Burkina Faso | 4.38 | 120th |
| 116 |  Chad | 4.38 | 119th |
| 118 |  Benin | 4.36 | 121st |
| 119 |  Mali | 4.35 | 123rd |
| 119 |  Somalia | 4.35 | 122nd |
| 121 |  Ghana | 4.34 | 125th |
| 121 |  Cambodia | 4.34 | 124th |
| 123 |  Myanmar | 4.32 | 126th |
| 123 |  Togo | 4.32 | 127th |
| 125 |  Jordan | 4.31 | 128th |
| 126 |  Liberia | 4.28 | 129th |
| 127 |  Madagascar | 4.16 | 130th |
| 128 |  Zambia | 3.91 | 131st |
| 129 |  Ethiopia | 3.9 | 132nd |
| 130 |  Sri Lanka | 3.89 | 133rd |
| 131 |  Bangladesh | 3.85 | 134th |
| 132 |  Egypt | 3.82 | 135th |
| 133 |  Tanzania | 3.8 | 136th |
| 134 |  Eswatini | 3.77 | 137th |
| 135 |  Lesotho | 3.76 | 138th |
| 136 |  Comoros | 3.75 | 139th |
| 137 |  Yemen | 3.56 | 140th |
| 138 |  DR Congo | 3.47 | 141st |
| 139 |  Botswana | 3.44 | 142nd |
| 140 |  Zimbabwe | 3.4 | 143rd |
| 141 |  Malawi | 3.26 | 144th |
| 142 |  Lebanon | 3.19 | 145th |
| 143 |  Sierra Leone | 3 | 146th |
| 144 |  Afghanistan | 1.36 | 147th |
What correlates with World Happiness Score (2025)?
Pearson r against 1,537 other country metrics sharing at least 87 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher World Happiness Score tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
- Ladder of Life Score (self-reported well-being)Happy Planet Index by CountryPlotr = +0.95 · very strong · n = 137
- Global Food Security Index (GFSI) ScoreFood Self Sufficiency Rate by CountryPlotr = +0.84 · very strong · n = 104
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- Energy Trilemma Index RankEnergy Trilemma Energy Performance IndexA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.81 · very strong · n = 121
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Opposite directions
Places that have a higher World Happiness Score tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest World Happiness Score?
- Finland has the highest World Happiness Score in 2025, at 7.74, followed by Denmark (7.52) and Iceland (7.52).
- Which country has the lowest World Happiness Score?
- Afghanistan has the lowest World Happiness Score in 2025, at 1.36.
- What is the median World Happiness Score across countries?
- The median is 5.87 across the 144 countries with data in 2025.
- Where does this happiest countries in the world data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World Happiness Report 2022 - World Happiness; World Happiness Report 2023 - World Happiness; World Happiness Report 2024 - World Happiness; World Happiness Report 2025 - World Happiness. Last updated 2026-10-28.