society layer
Happiness
Compare countries using World Happiness Report life-evaluation scores.
Methodology
Values are World Happiness Report Figure 2.1 Cantril ladder scores: three-year averages of nationally representative Gallup World Poll life evaluations on a 0-10 scale. The 2026 report rankings use 2023-2025 interviews. Country rows are joined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 after mapping published country names; territories without ISO3 are excluded. Map ranks are comparable-sample competition ranks among currently loaded countries, not the published World Happiness Report world rank. Figure 2.1 national averages are the public free download; Gallup World Poll microdata is not included.
Coverage & source
- Source
- World Happiness Report
- License
- Public Figure 2.1 download; attribution required
- Period
- 2025
- Frequency
- Annual
Rankings, where shown, describe only countries with comparable values in the selected period.