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How do people rate their lives?

Life satisfaction, 163 countries & territories. Average answer to "imagine a ladder from 0 (worst possible life) to 10 (best possible life): where do you stand?" (Gallup World Poll, published in the World Happiness Report). A 3-year average, and a survey answer, not a measured index.

lowest≥ 4.19≥ 4.68≥ 5.58≥ 6.04≥ 6.40≥ 6.81 no data
Source: Wellbeing Research Centre – with major… via Our World in Data· 2014 / 2025

Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (1.45) to the highest value (7.76).

The ranking

  1. 1 Finland 7.76 2025
  2. 2 Iceland 7.54 2025
  3. 3 Denmark 7.54 2025
  4. 4 Costa Rica 7.44 2025
  5. 5 Sweden 7.26 2025
  6. 6 Norway 7.24 2025
  7. 7 Netherlands 7.22 2025
  8. 8 Israel 7.19 2025
  9. 9 Luxembourg 7.06 2025
  10. 10 Puerto Rico (United States) 7.04 2015
  11. 11 Switzerland 7.02 2025
  12. 12 New Zealand 7.00 2025
  13. 13 Mexico 6.97 2025
  14. 14 Ireland 6.93 2025
  15. 15 Belgium 6.93 2025
  16. 16 Australia 6.92 2025
  17. 17 Kosovo 6.91 2025
  18. 18 Germany 6.88 2025
  19. 19 Slovenia 6.87 2025
  20. 20 Austria 6.85 2025
  21. 21 Czechia 6.82 2025
  22. 22 United Arab Emirates 6.82 2025
  23. 23 Saudi Arabia 6.82 2025
  24. 24 United States 6.82 2025
  25. 25 Poland 6.77 2025
  26. 26 Canada 6.74 2025
  27. 27 Taiwan 6.71 2025
  28. 28 Belize 6.71 2025
  29. 29 Lithuania 6.70 2025
  30. 30 United Kingdom 6.69 2025
  31. 31 Serbia 6.69 2025
  32. 32 Uruguay 6.64 2025
  33. 33 Brazil 6.63 2025
  34. 34 Kazakhstan 6.63 2025
  35. 35 Romania 6.63 2025
  36. 36 France 6.59 2025
  37. 37 Singapore 6.59 2025
  38. 38 El Salvador 6.58 2025
  39. 39 Italy 6.57 2025
  40. 40 Panama 6.55 2025
  41. 41 Kuwait 6.54 2025
  42. 42 Spain 6.54 2025
  43. 43 Guatemala 6.53 2025
  44. 44 Malta 6.44 2025
  45. 45 Argentina 6.43 2025
  46. 46 Vietnam 6.43 2025
  47. 47 Estonia 6.41 2025
  48. 48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.38 2025
  49. 49 Qatar 6.37 2018
  50. 50 Latvia 6.37 2025

Reference years differ by country (2014–2025); each row shows its own year.