Happiest countries in the world 2022

Finland was ranked the happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report from 2023. The Nordic country scored 7.8 on a scale from 0 to 10. Two other Nordic countries, Denmark and Iceland, followed with a second and third place, respectively. The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be.

Ranking of happiest countries worldwide in 2022, by score

Characteristic	Average score (0-10)
Finland	7.8
Denmark	7.59
Iceland	7.53
Israel	7.47
Netherlands	7.4
Sweden	7.4
Norway	7.32
Switzerland	7.24
Luxembourg	7.23
New Zealand	7.12
Austria	7.1
Australia	7.1
Canada	6.96
Ireland	6.91
United States	6.89
Germany	6.89
Belgium	6.86
Czech Republic	6.85
United Kingdom	6.8
Lithuania	6.76
France	6.66
Slovenia	6.65
Costa Rica	6.61
Romania	6.59
Singapore*	6.59
United Arab Emirates	6.57
Taiwan Province of China	6.54
Uruguay	6.49
Slovakia*	6.47
Saudi Arabia	6.46

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020 to 2022

Special properties

top 30, three-year-average

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.
Note: Those with a * do not have survey information in 2022. Their averages are based on the 2020 and 2021 surveys.

The ranking of world happiness is based on six variables in each country: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and corruption.

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