The happiest countries in the world: the top 25 of the World Happiness Report 2025
The top 3 according to 34 votes from people: Netherlands · Austria · Finland. (Updated Jan 20, 2026.)
Finland is the happiest country in the world again, for the eighth year in a row. The World Happiness Report 2025 is based on the Gallup World Poll, in which people rate their lives from 0 to 10; scores are averages for 2022–2024. These are the top 25 countries.
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Top 25
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1
Netherlands
No. 5, average life evaluation 7.306 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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2
Austria
No. 17, average life evaluation 6.810 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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3
Finland
No. 1, average life evaluation 7.736 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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4
Denmark
No. 2, average life evaluation 7.521 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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5
Costa Rica
No. 6, average life evaluation 7.274 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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6
Slovenia
No. 19, average life evaluation 6.792 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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7
United Kingdom
No. 23, average life evaluation 6.728 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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8
Iceland
No. 3, average life evaluation 7.515 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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9
Sweden
No. 4, average life evaluation 7.345 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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10
New Zealand
No. 12, average life evaluation 6.952 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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11
Switzerland
No. 13, average life evaluation 6.935 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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12
Belgium
No. 14, average life evaluation 6.910 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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13
Czechia
No. 20, average life evaluation 6.775 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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14
United States
No. 24, average life evaluation 6.724 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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15
Israel
No. 8, average life evaluation 7.234 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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16
Mexico
No. 10, average life evaluation 6.979 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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17
Norway
No. 7, average life evaluation 7.262 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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18
Luxembourg
No. 9, average life evaluation 7.122 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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19
Australia
No. 11, average life evaluation 6.974 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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20
Lithuania
No. 16, average life evaluation 6.829 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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21
Canada
No. 18, average life evaluation 6.803 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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22
United Arab Emirates
No. 21, average life evaluation 6.759 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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23
Germany
No. 22, average life evaluation 6.753 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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24
Belize
No. 25, average life evaluation 6.711 out of 10 (2022–2024).
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25
Ireland
No. 15, average life evaluation 6.889 out of 10 (2022–2024).
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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