Self-reported happiness vs. GDP per capita by country
% of respondents replying "very happy" or "quite happy" when asked "Taking all things together, would you say you are very happy, quite happy, not very happy or not at all happy?"
What the numbers show
Self-reported happiness vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 95.1% in Iceland; the lowest is 60.2% in Bulgaria.
The median across all reporting countries is 86.3%, and the mean is 84.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 22.7%), and the largest decrease in Nigeria (down 14.5%).
Self-reported happiness vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 95.1% | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Norway | 94.1% | 2022 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 3 | Sweden | 93.8% | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 4 | Mexico | 92.0% | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 91.5% | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 6 | Poland | 91.0% | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 7 | France | 90.9% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Netherlands | 90.5% | 2022 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 9 | Denmark | 90.1% | 2022 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 10 | Australia | 89.6% | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 11 | Brazil | 89.2% | 2022 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 12 | South Korea | 89.1% | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 13 | China | 88.9% | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 14 | Finland | 88.9% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 15 | Spain | 88.8% | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 88.5% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 17 | Japan | 88.3% | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 18 | United States | 88.2% | 2022 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 19 | Germany | 86.4% | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 20 | Czechia | 86.3% | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 21 | Argentina | 85.7% | 2022 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 85.0% | 2022 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 23 | Canada | 84.9% | 2022 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 24 | Estonia | 84.4% | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 25 | India | 84.0% | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 26 | Slovenia | 83.5% | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 27 | Chile | 82.6% | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 28 | Italy | 82.3% | 2022 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 29 | Hungary | 81.3% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 80.8% | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 31 | Russia | 79.4% | 2022 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 32 | Slovakia | 78.9% | 2022 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 33 | Latvia | 78.8% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 34 | Romania | 77.9% | 2022 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 76.4% | 2014 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 36 | Ukraine | 76.3% | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 37 | Lithuania | 73.7% | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 38 | Nigeria | 72.4% | 2022 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 60.2% | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
About this data
% of respondents replying "very happy" or "quite happy" when asked "Taking all things together, would you say you are very happy, quite happy, not very happy or not at all happy?"