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Happiness

Compare countries using World Happiness Report life-evaluation scores.

Methodology

Values are World Happiness Report Figure 2.1 Cantril ladder scores: three-year averages of nationally representative Gallup World Poll life evaluations on a 0-10 scale. The 2026 report rankings use 2023-2025 interviews. Country rows are joined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 after mapping published country names; territories without ISO3 are excluded. Map ranks are comparable-sample competition ranks among currently loaded countries, not the published World Happiness Report world rank. Figure 2.1 national averages are the public free download; Gallup World Poll microdata is not included.

Coverage & source

Source
World Happiness Report
License
Public Figure 2.1 download; attribution required
Period
2025
Frequency
Annual

Rankings, where shown, describe only countries with comparable values in the selected period.