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World Happiness Report - 2013

This list contains data from the World Happiness Report (2013) which details the ladder score (happiness) of 156 countries.

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Year	Rank	Country	Ladder score (Happiness)
2,012	1	Denmark	7.69
2,012	2	Norway	7.66
2,012	3	Switzerland	7.65
2,012	4	Netherlands	7.51
2,012	5	Sweden	7.48
2,012	6	Canada	7.48
2,012	7	Finland	7.39
2,012	8	Austria	7.37
2,012	9	Iceland	7.36
2,012	10	Australia	7.35
2,012	11	Israel	7.30
2,012	12	Costa Rica	7.26
2,012	13	New Zealand	7.22
2,012	14	United Arab Emirates	7.14
2,012	15	Panama	7.14
2,012	16	Mexico	7.09
2,012	17	United States	7.08
2,012	18	Ireland	7.08
2,012	19	Luxembourg	7.05
2,012	20	Venezuela	7.04
2,012	21	Belgium	6.97
2,012	22	United Kingdom	6.88
2,012	23	Oman	6.85
2,012	24	Brazil	6.85
2,012	25	France	6.76
2,012	26	Germany	6.67
2,012	27	Qatar	6.67
2,012	28	Chile	6.59
2,012	29	Argentina	6.56
2,012	30	Singapore	6.55
2,012	31	Trinidad and Tobago	6.52
2,012	32	Kuwait	6.52
2,012	33	Saudi Arabia	6.48
2,012	34	Cyprus	6.47
2,012	35	Colombia	6.42
2,012	36	Thailand	6.37
2,012	37	Uruguay	6.36
2,012	38	Spain	6.32
2,012	39	Czechia	6.29
2,012	40	Suriname	6.27
2,012	41	Republic of Korea	6.27
2,012	42	Taiwan Province of China	6.22
2,012	43	Japan	6.06
2,012	44	Slovenia	6.06
2,012	45	Italy	6.02
2,012	46	Slovakia	5.97
2,012	47	Guatemala	5.97
2,012	48	Malta	5.96
2,012	49	Ecuador	5.87
2,012	50	Bolivia	5.86
2,012	51	Poland	5.82
2,012	52	El Salvador	5.81
2,012	53	Republic of Moldova	5.79
2,012	54	Paraguay	5.78
2,012	55	Peru	5.78
2,012	56	Malaysia	5.76
2,012	57	Kazakhstan	5.67
2,012	58	Croatia	5.66
2,012	59	Turkmenistan	5.63
2,012	60	Uzbekistan	5.62
2,012	61	Angola	5.59
2,012	62	Albania	5.55
2,012	63	Viet Nam	5.53
2,012	64	Hong Kong SAR of China	5.52
2,012	65	Nicaragua	5.51
2,012	66	Belarus	5.50
2,012	67	Mauritius	5.48
2,012	68	Russian Federation	5.46
2,012	69	North Cyprus	5.46
2,012	70	Greece	5.44
2,012	71	Lithuania	5.43
2,012	72	Estonia	5.43
2,012	73	Algeria	5.42
2,012	74	Jordan	5.41
2,012	75	Jamaica	5.37
2,012	76	Indonesia	5.35
2,012	77	Türkiye	5.35
2,012	78	Libya	5.34
2,012	79	Bahrain	5.31
2,012	80	Montenegro	5.30
2,012	81	Pakistan	5.29
2,012	82	Nigeria	5.25
2,012	83	Kosovo	5.22
2,012	84	Honduras	5.14
2,012	85	Portugal	5.10
2,012	86	Ghana	5.09
2,012	87	Ukraine	5.06
2,012	88	Latvia	5.05
2,012	89	Kyrgyzstan	5.04
2,012	90	Romania	5.03
2,012	91	Zambia	5.01
2,012	92	Philippines	4.99
2,012	93	China	4.98
2,012	94	Mozambique	4.97
2,012	95	Dominican Republic	4.96
2,012	96	South Africa	4.96
2,012	97	Lebanon	4.93
2,012	98	Lesotho	4.90
2,012	99	Morocco	4.89
2,012	100	Swaziland	4.87
2,012	101	Somaliland Region	4.85
2,012	102	Mongolia	4.83
2,012	103	Zimbabwe	4.83
2,012	104	Tunisia	4.83
2,012	105	Iraq	4.82
2,012	106	Serbia	4.81
2,012	107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.81
2,012	108	Bangladesh	4.80
2,012	109	Lao PDR	4.79
2,012	110	Hungary	4.78
2,012	111	India	4.77
2,012	112	Mauritania	4.76
2,012	113	State of Palestine	4.70
2,012	114	Djibouti	4.69
2,012	115	Iran	4.64
2,012	116	Azerbaijan	4.60
2,012	117	DR Congo	4.58
2,012	118	North Macedonia	4.57
2,012	119	Ethiopia	4.56
2,012	120	Uganda	4.44
2,012	121	Myanmar	4.44
2,012	122	Cameroon	4.42
2,012	123	Kenya	4.40
2,012	124	Sudan	4.40
2,012	125	Tajikistan	4.38
2,012	126	Haiti	4.34
2,012	127	Sierra Leone	4.32
2,012	128	Armenia	4.32
2,012	129	Congo	4.30
2,012	130	Egypt	4.27
2,012	131	Burkina Faso	4.26
2,012	132	Mali	4.25
2,012	133	Liberia	4.20
2,012	134	Georgia	4.19
2,012	135	Nepal	4.16
2,012	136	Niger	4.15
2,012	137	Sri Lanka	4.15
2,012	138	Gabon	4.11
2,012	139	Malawi	4.11
2,012	140	Cambodia	4.07
2,012	141	Chad	4.06
2,012	142	Yemen	4.05
2,012	143	Afghanistan	4.04
2,012	144	Bulgaria	3.98
2,012	145	Botswana	3.97
2,012	146	Madagascar	3.97
2,012	147	Senegal	3.96
2,012	148	Syria	3.89
2,012	149	Comoros	3.85
2,012	150	Guinea	3.85
2,012	151	Tanzania	3.77
2,012	152	Rwanda	3.72
2,012	153	Burundi	3.71
2,012	154	Central African Republic	3.62
2,012	155	Benin	3.53
2,012	156	Togo	2.94

Rank – Country rank by happiness.
Country – Country Name.
Ladder score – The main happiness measure, based on the Cantril ladder where people rate their life on a scale from 0 (worst possible life) to 10 (best possible life).

Source	https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2025/#appendices-and-data
Geo	Global
Entries	156
Columns	3
Date Sourced	2025
Last Updated	Mar 22, 2025

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