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Average life satisfaction (Cantril ladder, 0–10)

Name: Average life satisfaction (Cantril ladder, 0–10)
Creator: World Happiness Report (WHR) 2024 / Gallup World Poll
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, happiness, well-being, life satisfaction, survey, Cantril ladder, Gallup, World Happiness Report

Average self-reported life satisfaction score (0–10 Cantril ladder) by country, from the World Happiness Report 2024 (Gallup World Poll).

Source: World Happiness Report (WHR) 2024 / Gallup World Poll•172 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

5.5score (0–10)

Median: 5.7score (0–10)

Countries Covered

172

with available data

Highest

Finland

7.7score (0–10)

Lowest

Sierra Leone

3.1score (0–10)

Top 5 Countries

1Finland7.7score (0–10)

2Denmark7.6score (0–10)

3Iceland7.6score (0–10)

4Sweden7.4score (0–10)

5Israel7.3score (0–10)

By Region

Europe6.5score (0–10)(32 countries)

North America6.5score (0–10)(4 countries)

Oceania6.2score (0–10)(2 countries)

South America6.2score (0–10)(7 countries)

Asia5.5score (0–10)(26 countries)

Key Findings

•Life satisfaction scores typically range from roughly the low 3s to the high 7s on the 0–10 scale worldwide.
•Nordic and certain high-income countries tend to cluster toward the top of the distribution in WHR results.
•Countries facing conflict, severe economic instability, or governance breakdown tend to appear at the bottom of the distribution.
•Because WHR uses multi-year averages, scores are relatively stable year-to-year compared with many economic indicators.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.7score (0–10))High (7.8score (0–10))

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 5.5score (0–10))

Europe (32)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

Other (92)

Africa (9)

About This Statistic

This statistic reports each country’s average life evaluation using the Cantril ladder question: people rate their current life on a scale from 0 (worst possible life) to 10 (best possible life). It is one of the most widely used, cross-country comparable measures of subjective well-being.

The World Happiness Report publishes these averages using Gallup World Poll survey data. Country scores are typically based on a multi-year average to reduce year-to-year sampling noise; in the 2024 report, the headline rankings use 2021–2023 averages (even though the report year is 2024).

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Finland	7.7score (0–10)
2	Denmark	7.6score (0–10)
3	Iceland	7.6score (0–10)
4	Sweden	7.4score (0–10)
5	Israel	7.3score (0–10)
6	Netherlands	7.3score (0–10)
7	New Zealand	7.3score (0–10)
8	Norway	7.3score (0–10)
9	Luxembourg	7.1score (0–10)
10	Switzerland	7.1score (0–10)
11	Ireland	7.0score (0–10)
12	Canada	6.9score (0–10)
13	Germany	6.9score (0–10)
14	Belgium	6.9score (0–10)
15	Costa Rica	6.8score (0–10)
16	Czech Republic	6.8score (0–10)
17	United Arab Emirates	6.8score (0–10)
18	United Kingdom	6.8score (0–10)
19	Algeria	6.8score (0–10)
20	Faroe Islands	6.7score (0–10)
21	Country 532	6.7score (0–10)
22	United States of America	6.7score (0–10)
23	France	6.6score (0–10)
24	Uruguay	6.6score (0–10)
25	Antigua and Barbuda	6.6score (0–10)
26	Singapore	6.5score (0–10)
27	Slovakia	6.5score (0–10)
28	Afghanistan	6.5score (0–10)
29	Brazil	6.5score (0–10)
30	Chile	6.4score (0–10)
31	Estonia	6.4score (0–10)
32	Italy	6.4score (0–10)
33	Qatar	6.4score (0–10)
34	Romania	6.4score (0–10)
35	Saudi Arabia	6.4score (0–10)
36	Spain	6.4score (0–10)
37	Lithuania	6.3score (0–10)
38	Slovenia	6.3score (0–10)
39	Guatemala	6.2score (0–10)
40	Latvia	6.2score (0–10)
41	Suriname	6.2score (0–10)
42	Trinidad and Tobago	6.2score (0–10)
43	Croatia	6.1score (0–10)
44	Japan	6.1score (0–10)
45	Kuwait	6.1score (0–10)
46	Mexico	6.1score (0–10)
47	Oman	6.1score (0–10)
48	Panama	6.1score (0–10)
49	Poland	6.1score (0–10)
50	Serbia	6.1score (0–10)
51	Argentina	6.1score (0–10)
52	Colombia	6.0score (0–10)
53	Cyprus	6.0score (0–10)
54	El Salvador	6.0score (0–10)
55	Hungary	6.0score (0–10)
56	Malaysia	6.0score (0–10)
57	Mauritius	6.0score (0–10)
58	Papua New Guinea	6.0score (0–10)
59	Paraguay	6.0score (0–10)
60	Portugal	6.0score (0–10)
61	Guinea-Bissau	6.0score (0–10)
62	Seychelles	6.0score (0–10)
63	Thailand	6.0score (0–10)
64	Uzbekistan	6.0score (0–10)
65	Bahamas	6.0score (0–10)
66	Cayman Islands	5.9score (0–10)
67	People's Republic of China	5.9score (0–10)
68	Cuba	5.9score (0–10)
69	Fiji	5.9score (0–10)
70	Greece	5.9score (0–10)
71	Jamaica	5.9score (0–10)
72	South Korea	5.9score (0–10)
73	Kyrgyzstan	5.9score (0–10)
74	Montenegro	5.9score (0–10)
75	Turkmenistan	5.9score (0–10)
76	Barbados	5.9score (0–10)
77	Cape Verde	5.8score (0–10)
78	Ecuador	5.8score (0–10)
79	New Caledonia	5.8score (0–10)
80	Samoa	5.8score (0–10)
81	Andorra	5.8score (0–10)
82	Bulgaria	5.7score (0–10)
83	Kazakhstan	5.7score (0–10)
84	Peru	5.7score (0–10)
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.7score (0–10)
86	Belize	5.7score (0–10)
87	Dominican Republic	5.6score (0–10)
88	Hong Kong	5.6score (0–10)
89	Mongolia	5.6score (0–10)
90	Venezuela	5.6score (0–10)
91	Belarus	5.5score (0–10)
92	Moldova, Republic of	5.5score (0–10)
93	Philippines	5.5score (0–10)
94	Russian Federation	5.5score (0–10)
95	Nicaragua	5.4score (0–10)
96	The Republic of North Macedonia	5.4score (0–10)
97	Indonesia	5.3score (0–10)
98	Cote d'Ivoire	5.3score (0–10)
99	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.3score (0–10)
100	Vietnam	5.3score (0–10)
101	South Africa	5.3score (0–10)
102	Bangladesh	5.3score (0–10)
103	Armenia	5.3score (0–10)
104	Georgia	5.2score (0–10)
105	Nepal	5.2score (0–10)
106	Türkiye	5.2score (0–10)
107	Bhutan	5.2score (0–10)
108	Libya	5.1score (0–10)
109	Morocco	5.1score (0–10)
110	Niger	5.1score (0–10)
111	Angola	5.1score (0–10)
112	Australia	5.1score (0–10)
113	Myanmar	5.0score (0–10)
114	Honduras	5.0score (0–10)
115	Tajikistan	5.0score (0–10)
116	Ukraine	5.0score (0–10)
117	Cameroon	4.9score (0–10)
118	Ghana	4.9score (0–10)
119	Islamic Republic of Iran	4.9score (0–10)
120	Jordan	4.9score (0–10)
121	Nigeria	4.9score (0–10)
122	Eswatini	4.9score (0–10)
123	Albania	4.9score (0–10)
124	Bahrain	4.9score (0–10)
125	Benin	4.8score (0–10)
126	Iraq	4.8score (0–10)
127	Mauritania	4.8score (0–10)
128	Senegal	4.8score (0–10)
129	Republic of the Congo	4.7score (0–10)
130	Guinea	4.7score (0–10)
131	Tunisia	4.7score (0–10)
132	Burundi	4.6score (0–10)
133	Cambodia	4.6score (0–10)
134	Central African Republic	4.6score (0–10)
135	Mali	4.6score (0–10)
136	Namibia	4.6score (0–10)
137	Togo	4.6score (0–10)
138	Kenya	4.5score (0–10)
139	Liberia	4.5score (0–10)
140	Burkina Faso	4.5score (0–10)
141	Republic of The Gambia	4.4score (0–10)
142	Lebanon	4.4score (0–10)
143	Somalia	4.4score (0–10)
144	Austria	4.4score (0–10)
145	Botswana	4.4score (0–10)
146	Sri Lanka	4.3score (0–10)
147	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.3score (0–10)
148	Mozambique	4.3score (0–10)
149	Solomon Islands	4.3score (0–10)
150	Chad	4.2score (0–10)
151	Ethiopia	4.2score (0–10)
152	Bolivia	4.2score (0–10)
153	Comoros	4.1score (0–10)
154	Djibouti	4.1score (0–10)
155	Sudan	4.1score (0–10)
156	Uganda	4.1score (0–10)
157	India	4.0score (0–10)
158	Madagascar	4.0score (0–10)
159	Pakistan	4.0score (0–10)
160	South Sudan	4.0score (0–10)
161	Egypt	4.0score (0–10)
162	Brunei Darussalam	4.0score (0–10)
163	Malawi	3.9score (0–10)
164	Vanuatu	3.9score (0–10)
165	Zimbabwe	3.9score (0–10)
166	United Republic of Tanzania	3.7score (0–10)
167	Haiti	3.6score (0–10)
168	Zambia	3.5score (0–10)
169	Yemen	3.4score (0–10)
170	Lesotho	3.2score (0–10)
171	Rwanda	3.2score (0–10)
172	Sierra Leone	3.1score (0–10)

Showing 172 of 172 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #happiness #well-being #life satisfaction #survey #Cantril ladder #Gallup #World Happiness Report

Data Source

This data comes from World Happiness Report (WHR) 2024 / Gallup World Poll (2024).

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