How happy are people in your country? Check out where your nation comes in this list of 158.

For three years now, there has been an attempt to rank nations by how happy they are. In the latest report, the UK comes 21st, while the USA is 15th out of 158. It is noticeable that, all the top 13 countries, have small populations.

Where does your country come in the list?

  1. Switzerland (7.587)
  2. Iceland (7.561)
  3. Denmark (7.527)
  4. Norway (7.522)
  5. Canada (7.427)
  6. Finland (7.406)
  7. Netherlands (7.378)
  8. Sweden (7.364)
  9. New Zealand (7.286)
  10. Australia (7.284)
  11. Israel (7.278)
  12. Costa Rica (7.226)
  13. Austria (7.200)
  14. Mexico (7.187)
  15. United States (7.119)
  16. Brazil (6.983)
  17. Luxembourg (6.946)
  18. Ireland (6.940)
  19. Belgium (6.937)
  20. United Arab Emirates (6.901)
  21. United Kingdom (6.867)
  22. Oman (6.853)
  23. Venezuela (6.810)
  24. Singapore (6.798)
  25. Panama (6.786)
  26. Germany(6.75)
  27. Chile (6.670)
  28. Qatar (6.611)
  29. France(6.575)
  30. Argentina (6.574)
  31. Czech Republic (6.505)
  32. Uruguay (6.485)
  33. Colombia (6.477)
  34. Thailand (6.455)
  35. Saudi Arabia (6.411)
  36. Spain (6.329)
  37. Malta (6.302)
  38. Taiwan (6.298)
  39. Kuwait (6.295)
  40. Suriname(6.269)
  41. Trinidad and Tobago (6.168)
  42. El Salvador (6.130)
  43. Guatemala (6.123)
  44. Uzbekistan (6.003)
  45. Slovakia (5.995)
  46. Japan(5.987)
  47. South Korea (5.984)
  48. Ecuador (5.975)
  49. Bahrain(5.960)
  50. Italy (5.948)
  51. Bolivia (5.890)
  52. Moldova (5.889)
  53. Paraguay (5.878)
  54. Kazakhstan (5.855)
  55. Slovenia (5.848)
  56. Lithuania (5.833)
  57. Nicaragua (5.828)
  58. Peru (5.824)
  59. Belarus (5.813)
  60. Poland (5.791)
  61. Malaysia (5.770)
  62. Croatia (5.759)
  63. Libya (5.754)
  64. Russia (5.716)
  65. Jamaica (5.709)
  66. North Cyprus (5.695)
  67. Cyprus (5.689)
  68. Algeria (5.605)
  69. Kosovo (5.589)
  70. Turkmenistan (5.548)
  71. Mauritius (5.477)
  72. Hong Kong (5.474)
  73. Estonia (5.429)
  74. Indonesia (5.399)
  75. Vietnam (5.360)
  76. Turkey (5.332)
  77. Kyrgyzstan (5.286)
  78. Nigeria (5.268)
  79. Bhutan (5.253)
  80. Azerbaijan (5.212)
  81. Pakistan (5.194)
  82. Jordan (5.192)
  83. Montenegro (5.1922)
  84. China (5.140)
  85. Zambia (5.129)
  86. Romania (5.124)
  87. Serbia (5.123)
  88. Portugal (5.102)
  89. Latvia (5.098)
  90. Philippines (5.073)
  91. Somaliland region (5.057)
  92. Morocco (5.013)
  93. Macedonia (5.007)
  94. Mozambique (4.971)
  95. Albania (4.959)
  96. Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.949)
  97. Lesotho (4.898)
  98. Dominican Republic (4.885)
  99. Laos (4.876)
  100. Mongolia (4.874)
  101. Swaziland (4.867)
  102. Greece (4.857)
  103. Lebanon (4.839)
  104. Hungary (4.800)
  105. Honduras (4.788)
  106. Tajikistan (4.786)
  107. Tunisia (4.739)
  108. Palestinian Territories (4.715)
  109. Bangladesh (4.694)
  110. Iran (4.686)
  111. Ukraine (4.681)
  112. Iraq (4.677)
  113. South Africa (4.642)
  114. Ghana (4.633)
  115. Zimbabwe (4.610)
  116. Liberia (4.571)
  117. India (4.565)
  118. Sudan (4.550)
  119. Haiti (4.518)
  120. Congo (Kinshasa) (4.517)
  121. Nepal (4.514)
  122. Ethiopia (4.512)
  123. Sierra Leone (4.507)
  124. Mauritania (4.436)
  125. Kenya (4.419)
  126. Djibouti (4.369)
  127. Armenia (4.350)
  128. Botswana (4.332)
  129. Myanmar (4.307)
  130. Georgia (4.297)
  131. Malawi (4.292)
  132. Sri Lanka (4.271)
  133. Cameroon (4.252)
  134. Bulgaria (4.218)
  135. Egypt (4.194)
  136. Yemen (4.077)
  137. Angola (4.033)
  138. Mali (3.995)
  139. Congo (Brazzaville) (3.989)
  140. Comoros (3.956)
  141. Uganda (3.931)
  142. Senegal (3.904)
  143. Gabon (3.896)
  144. Niger (3.845)
  145. Cambodia (3.819)
  146. Tanzania (3.781)
  147. Madagascar (3.681)
  148. Central African Republic (3.678)
  149. Chad (3.667)
  150. Guinea (3.656)
  151. Ivory Coast (3.655)
  152. Burkina Faso (3.587)
  153. Afghanistan (3.575)
  154. Rwanda (3.465)
  155. Benin (3.340)
  156. Syria (3.006)
  157. Burundi (2.906)
  158. Togo (2.839)

You can read the full report, with the explanation for the rankings, here.


 




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