World Happiness Report - 2017

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World Happiness Report - 2017

This list contains data from the World Happiness Report (2017) which details the ladder score (happiness) of 155 countries.

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Year	Rank	Country	Ladder score (Happiness)
2,016	1	Norway	7.54
2,016	2	Denmark	7.52
2,016	3	Iceland	7.50
2,016	4	Switzerland	7.49
2,016	5	Finland	7.47
2,016	6	Netherlands	7.38
2,016	7	Canada	7.32
2,016	8	New Zealand	7.31
2,016	9	Australia	7.28
2,016	10	Sweden	7.28
2,016	11	Israel	7.21
2,016	12	Costa Rica	7.08
2,016	13	Austria	7.01
2,016	14	United States	6.99
2,016	15	Ireland	6.98
2,016	16	Germany	6.95
2,016	17	Belgium	6.89
2,016	18	Luxembourg	6.86
2,016	19	United Kingdom	6.71
2,016	20	Chile	6.65
2,016	21	United Arab Emirates	6.65
2,016	22	Brazil	6.64
2,016	23	Czechia	6.61
2,016	24	Argentina	6.60
2,016	25	Mexico	6.58
2,016	26	Singapore	6.57
2,016	27	Malta	6.53
2,016	28	Uruguay	6.45
2,016	29	Guatemala	6.45
2,016	30	Panama	6.45
2,016	31	France	6.44
2,016	32	Thailand	6.42
2,016	33	Taiwan Province of China	6.42
2,016	34	Spain	6.40
2,016	35	Qatar	6.38
2,016	36	Colombia	6.36
2,016	37	Saudi Arabia	6.34
2,016	38	Trinidad and Tobago	6.17
2,016	39	Kuwait	6.11
2,016	40	Slovakia	6.10
2,016	41	Bahrain	6.09
2,016	42	Malaysia	6.08
2,016	43	Nicaragua	6.07
2,016	44	Ecuador	6.01
2,016	45	El Salvador	6.00
2,016	46	Poland	5.97
2,016	47	Uzbekistan	5.97
2,016	48	Italy	5.96
2,016	49	Russian Federation	5.96
2,016	50	Belize	5.96
2,016	51	Japan	5.92
2,016	52	Lithuania	5.90
2,016	53	Algeria	5.87
2,016	54	Latvia	5.85
2,016	55	Republic of Korea	5.84
2,016	56	Republic of Moldova	5.84
2,016	57	Romania	5.83
2,016	58	Bolivia	5.82
2,016	59	Turkmenistan	5.82
2,016	60	Kazakhstan	5.82
2,016	61	North Cyprus	5.81
2,016	62	Slovenia	5.76
2,016	63	Peru	5.72
2,016	64	Mauritius	5.63
2,016	65	Cyprus	5.62
2,016	66	Estonia	5.61
2,016	67	Belarus	5.57
2,016	68	Libya	5.53
2,016	69	Türkiye	5.50
2,016	70	Paraguay	5.49
2,016	71	Hong Kong SAR of China	5.47
2,016	72	Philippines	5.43
2,016	73	Serbia	5.40
2,016	74	Jordan	5.34
2,016	75	Hungary	5.32
2,016	76	Jamaica	5.31
2,016	77	Croatia	5.29
2,016	78	Kosovo	5.28
2,016	79	China	5.27
2,016	80	Pakistan	5.27
2,016	81	Indonesia	5.26
2,016	82	Venezuela	5.25
2,016	83	Montenegro	5.24
2,016	84	Morocco	5.24
2,016	85	Azerbaijan	5.23
2,016	86	Dominican Republic	5.23
2,016	87	Greece	5.23
2,016	88	Lebanon	5.23
2,016	89	Portugal	5.20
2,016	90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.18
2,016	91	Honduras	5.18
2,016	92	North Macedonia	5.18
2,016	93	Somalia	5.15
2,016	94	Viet Nam	5.07
2,016	95	Nigeria	5.07
2,016	96	Tajikistan	5.04
2,016	97	Bhutan	5.01
2,016	98	Kyrgyzstan	5.00
2,016	99	Nepal	4.96
2,016	100	Mongolia	4.96
2,016	101	South Africa	4.83
2,016	102	Tunisia	4.81
2,016	103	State of Palestine	4.78
2,016	104	Egypt	4.74
2,016	105	Bulgaria	4.71
2,016	106	Sierra Leone	4.71
2,016	107	Cameroon	4.70
2,016	108	Iran	4.69
2,016	109	Albania	4.64
2,016	110	Bangladesh	4.61
2,016	111	Namibia	4.57
2,016	112	Kenya	4.55
2,016	113	Mozambique	4.55
2,016	114	Myanmar	4.55
2,016	115	Senegal	4.54
2,016	116	Zambia	4.51
2,016	117	Iraq	4.50
2,016	118	Gabon	4.47
2,016	119	Ethiopia	4.46
2,016	120	Sri Lanka	4.44
2,016	121	Armenia	4.38
2,016	122	India	4.32
2,016	123	Mauritania	4.29
2,016	124	Congo	4.29
2,016	125	Georgia	4.29
2,016	126	DR Congo	4.28
2,016	127	Mali	4.19
2,016	128	Côte d’Ivoire	4.18
2,016	129	Cambodia	4.17
2,016	130	Sudan	4.14
2,016	131	Ghana	4.12
2,016	132	Ukraine	4.10
2,016	133	Uganda	4.08
2,016	134	Burkina Faso	4.03
2,016	135	Niger	4.03
2,016	136	Malawi	3.97
2,016	137	Chad	3.94
2,016	138	Zimbabwe	3.88
2,016	139	Lesotho	3.81
2,016	140	Angola	3.80
2,016	141	Afghanistan	3.79
2,016	142	Botswana	3.77
2,016	143	Benin	3.66
2,016	144	Madagascar	3.64
2,016	145	Haiti	3.60
2,016	146	Yemen	3.59
2,016	147	South Sudan	3.59
2,016	148	Liberia	3.53
2,016	149	Guinea	3.51
2,016	150	Togo	3.50
2,016	151	Rwanda	3.47
2,016	152	Syria	3.46
2,016	153	Tanzania	3.35
2,016	154	Burundi	2.91
2,016	155	Central African Republic	2.69

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	155
Columns	3
Date Sourced	2025
Last Updated	Mar 22, 2025

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