Executive Dashboard
Key metrics and insights from 5 years of global happiness data
0.6%
5.41
Global Happiness Index
2019 Average
#1
Finland
Happiest Country
Score: 7.769
98%
156
Countries Analyzed
98% world population
2.3%
4.92
Happiness Gap
Top & bottom difference
79.4%
Economic Impact
GDP per capita shows the strongest correlation with happiness scores
W. Europe
Regional Leader
Western Europe maintains highest average happiness (6.91) across all years
+1.087
Biggest Improvement
Benin showed the largest happiness increase from 2015 to 2019
Global Happiness Distribution (2019)
Distribution of 156 countries across happiness score ranges
Very Happy
7 countries (4.5%)
Happy
35 countries (22.4%)
Moderately Happy
51 countries (32.7%)
Less Happy
42 countries (26.9%)
Unhappy
18 countries (11.5%)
Very Unhappy
3 countries (1.9%)