World Happiness Report - 2012

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World Happiness Report - 2012

This list contains data from the World Happiness Report (2012) which details the ladder score (happiness) of 156 countries.

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Year	Rank	Country	Ladder score (Happiness)
2,011	1	Denmark	7.86
2,011	2	Finland	7.58
2,011	3	Norway	7.52
2,011	4	Netherlands	7.51
2,011	5	Canada	7.50
2,011	6	Switzerland	7.50
2,011	7	Sweden	7.38
2,011	8	New Zealand	7.37
2,011	9	Australia	7.35
2,011	10	Ireland	7.28
2,011	11	United States	7.27
2,011	12	Costa Rica	7.25
2,011	13	Austria	7.23
2,011	14	Israel	7.20
2,011	15	Belgium	7.11
2,011	16	Luxembourg	7.05
2,011	17	United Arab Emirates	6.98
2,011	18	United Kingdom	6.94
2,011	19	Venezuela	6.92
2,011	20	Iceland	6.89
2,011	21	Panama	6.86
2,011	22	Spain	6.76
2,011	23	France	6.75
2,011	24	Mexico	6.74
2,011	25	Brazil	6.70
2,011	26	Saudi Arabia	6.60
2,011	27	Puerto Rico	6.59
2,011	28	Italy	6.58
2,011	29	Kuwait	6.57
2,011	30	Germany	6.57
2,011	31	Qatar	6.57
2,011	32	Turkmenistan	6.57
2,011	33	Singapore	6.55
2,011	34	Belize	6.45
2,011	35	Cyprus	6.42
2,011	36	Czechia	6.36
2,011	37	Guatemala	6.28
2,011	38	Trinidad and Tobago	6.26
2,011	39	Argentina	6.24
2,011	40	Jamaica	6.21
2,011	41	Colombia	6.20
2,011	42	Greece	6.13
2,011	43	Chile	6.13
2,011	44	Japan	6.06
2,011	45	Guyana	5.99
2,011	46	Taiwan Province of China	5.99
2,011	47	Malta	5.96
2,011	48	El Salvador	5.96
2,011	49	Slovenia	5.92
2,011	50	Uruguay	5.90
2,011	51	Malaysia	5.82
2,011	52	Thailand	5.80
2,011	53	Poland	5.80
2,011	54	Jordan	5.71
2,011	55	Slovakia	5.66
2,011	56	Republic of Korea	5.64
2,011	57	Bolivia	5.63
2,011	58	Croatia	5.62
2,011	59	Kazakhstan	5.59
2,011	60	Lithuania	5.59
2,011	61	Bahrain	5.57
2,011	62	Belarus	5.57
2,011	63	Honduras	5.56
2,011	64	Mauritius	5.48
2,011	65	Viet Nam	5.43
2,011	66	Ecuador	5.43
2,011	67	Hong Kong SAR of China	5.42
2,011	68	Kosovo	5.42
2,011	69	Cuba	5.42
2,011	70	Paraguay	5.40
2,011	71	Algeria	5.37
2,011	72	Estonia	5.33
2,011	73	Portugal	5.33
2,011	74	Myanmar	5.32
2,011	75	Republic of Moldova	5.31
2,011	76	Russian Federation	5.28
2,011	77	Peru	5.26
2,011	78	Türkiye	5.23
2,011	79	Uzbekistan	5.23
2,011	80	Romania	5.18
2,011	81	Libya	5.18
2,011	82	Lao PDR	5.16
2,011	83	Indonesia	5.16
2,011	84	Iran	5.15
2,011	85	Pakistan	5.15
2,011	86	Montenegro	5.15
2,011	87	Tunisia	5.14
2,011	88	Albania	5.13
2,011	89	Nicaragua	5.12
2,011	90	South Africa	5.10
2,011	91	Ukraine	5.09
2,011	92	Lebanon	5.05
2,011	93	Dominican Republic	5.04
2,011	94	India	4.98
2,011	95	Djibouti	4.96
2,011	96	Hungary	4.94
2,011	97	Namibia	4.89
2,011	98	Iraq	4.88
2,011	99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.86
2,011	100	Nigeria	4.86
2,011	101	Egypt	4.85
2,011	102	Kyrgyzstan	4.83
2,011	103	Philippines	4.83
2,011	104	Bangladesh	4.81
2,011	105	Morocco	4.79
2,011	106	Latvia	4.76
2,011	107	Syria	4.74
2,011	108	Ghana	4.71
2,011	109	Zambia	4.71
2,011	110	Mozambique	4.69
2,011	111	Somaliland Region	4.69
2,011	112	China	4.68
2,011	113	Mauritania	4.64
2,011	114	Malawi	4.62
2,011	115	Tajikistan	4.61
2,011	116	Azerbaijan	4.58
2,011	117	Botswana	4.58
2,011	118	Serbia	4.56
2,011	119	Mongolia	4.56
2,011	120	State of Palestine	4.56
2,011	121	Nepal	4.47
2,011	122	Armenia	4.47
2,011	123	Yemen	4.45
2,011	124	Sudan	4.42
2,011	125	Senegal	4.41
2,011	126	Cameroon	4.38
2,011	127	North Macedonia	4.37
2,011	128	Uganda	4.31
2,011	129	Madagascar	4.31
2,011	130	Sri Lanka	4.26
2,011	131	Afghanistan	4.26
2,011	132	Rwanda	4.20
2,011	133	Côte d’Ivoire	4.20
2,011	134	Kenya	4.18
2,011	135	Angola	4.18
2,011	136	Guinea	4.17
2,011	137	Niger	4.12
2,011	138	Cambodia	4.10
2,011	139	Ethiopia	4.06
2,011	140	Liberia	4.04
2,011	141	DR Congo	3.98
2,011	142	Zimbabwe	3.98
2,011	143	Mali	3.97
2,011	144	Burkina Faso	3.93
2,011	145	Chad	3.92
2,011	146	Georgia	3.89
2,011	147	Bulgaria	3.89
2,011	148	Congo	3.82
2,011	149	Tanzania	3.80
2,011	150	Haiti	3.79
2,011	151	Comoros	3.70
2,011	152	Burundi	3.68
2,011	153	Sierra Leone	3.59
2,011	154	Central African Republic	3.57
2,011	155	Benin	3.49
2,011	156	Togo	3.01

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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