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
Finland 7.76 2025
- 2
Iceland 7.54 2025
- 3
Denmark 7.54 2025
- 4
Costa Rica 7.44 2025
- 5
Sweden 7.26 2025
- 6
Norway 7.24 2025
- 7
Netherlands 7.22 2025
- 8
Israel 7.19 2025
- 9
Luxembourg 7.06 2025
- 10
Puerto Rico (United States) 7.04 2015
- 11
Switzerland 7.02 2025
- 12
New Zealand 7.00 2025
- 13
Mexico 6.97 2025
- 14
Ireland 6.93 2025
- 15
Belgium 6.93 2025
- 16
Australia 6.92 2025
- 17
Kosovo 6.91 2025
- 18
Germany 6.88 2025
- 19
Slovenia 6.87 2025
- 20
Austria 6.85 2025
- 21
Czechia 6.82 2025
- 22
United Arab Emirates 6.82 2025
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Saudi Arabia 6.82 2025
- 24
United States 6.82 2025
- 25
Poland 6.77 2025
- 26
Canada 6.74 2025
- 27
Taiwan 6.71 2025
- 28
Belize 6.71 2025
- 29
Lithuania 6.70 2025
- 30
United Kingdom 6.69 2025
- 31
Serbia 6.69 2025
- 32
Uruguay 6.64 2025
- 33
Brazil 6.63 2025
- 34
Kazakhstan 6.63 2025
- 35
Romania 6.63 2025
- 36
France 6.59 2025
- 37
Singapore 6.59 2025
- 38
El Salvador 6.58 2025
- 39
Italy 6.57 2025
- 40
Panama 6.55 2025
- 41
Kuwait 6.54 2025
- 42
Spain 6.54 2025
- 43
Guatemala 6.53 2025
- 44
Malta 6.44 2025
- 45
Argentina 6.43 2025
- 46
Vietnam 6.43 2025
- 47
Estonia 6.41 2025
- 48
Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.38 2025
- 49
Qatar 6.37 2018
- 50
Latvia 6.37 2025
Reference years differ by country (2014–2025); each row shows its own year.