Ranking of Happiness 2013- 2015

Country Happiness score

Denmark 7.526 Switzerland 7.509 Iceland 7.501 Norway 7.498 Finland 7.413 Canada 7.404 Netherlands 7.339 New Zealand 7.334 Australia 7.313 Sweden 7.291 Israel 7.267 Austria 7.119 United States 7.104 Costa Rica 7.087 Puerto Rico 7.039 Germany 6.994 Brazil 6.952 Belgium 6.929 Ireland 6.907 Luxembourg 6.871 Mexico 6.778 Singapore 6.739 United Kingdom 6.725 Chile 6.705 Panama 6.701 Argentina 6.650 Czech Republic 6.596 United Arab Emirates 6.573 Uruguay 6.545 Malta 6.488 Colombia 6.481 France 6.478 Thailand 6.474 Saudi Arabia 6.379 Taiwan 6.379 Qatar 6.375 Spain 6.361 Algeria 6.355 Guatemala 6.324 Suriname 6.269 Kuwait 6.239 Bahrain 6.218 Trinidad and Tobago 6.168 Venezuela 6.084 Slovakia 6.078 El Salvador 6.068 Malaysia 6.005 Nicaragua 5.992 Uzbekistan 5.987 Italy 5.977 Ecuador 5.976 Belize 5.956 Japan 5.921 Kazakhstan 5.919 Moldova 5.897 Russia 5.856 Poland 5.835 South Korea 5.835 Bolivia 5.822 Lithuania 5.813 Belarus 5.802 North Cyprus 5.771 Slovenia 5.768 Peru 5.743 Turkmenistan 5.658 Mauritius 5.648 Libya 5.615 Latvia 5.560 Cyprus 5.546 Paraguay 5.538 Romania 5.528 Estonia 5.517 Jamaica 5.510 Croatia 5.488 Hong Kong 5.458 Somalia 5.440 Kosovo 5.401 Turkey 5.389 Indonesia 5.314 Jordan 5.303 Azerbaijan 5.291 Philippines 5.279 China 5.245 Bhutan 5.196 Kyrgyzstan 5.185 Serbia 5.177 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.163 Montenegro 5.161 Dominican Republic 5.155 Morocco 5.151 Hungary 5.145 Pakistan 5.132 Lebanon 5.129 Portugal 5.123 Macedonia 5.121 Vietnam 5.061 Somaliland region 5.057 Tunisia 5.045 Greece 5.033 Tajikistan 4.996 Mongolia 4.907 Laos 4.876 Nigeria 4.875 Honduras 4.871 Iran 4.813 Zambia 4.795 Nepal 4.793 Palestinian Territories 4.754 Albania 4.655 Bangladesh 4.643 Sierra Leone 4.635 Iraq 4.575 Namibia 4.574 Cameroon 4.513 Ethiopia 4.508 South Africa 4.459 Sri Lanka 4.415 India 4.404 Myanmar 4.395 Egypt 4.362 Armenia 4.360 Kenya 4.356 Ukraine 4.324 Ghana 4.276 Congo (Kinshasa) 4.272 Georgia 4.252 Congo (Brazzaville) 4.236 Senegal 4.219 Bulgaria 4.217 Mauritania 4.201 Zimbabwe 4.193 Malawi 4.156 Sudan 4.139 Gabon 4.121 Mali 4.073 Haiti 4.028 Botswana 3.974 Comoros 3.956 Ivory Coast 3.916 Cambodia 3.907 Angola 3.866 Niger 3.856 South Sudan 3.832 Chad 3.763 Burkina Faso 3.739 Uganda 3.739 Yemen 3.724 Madagascar 3.695 Tanzania 3.666 Liberia 3.622 Guinea 3.607 Rwanda 3.515 Benin 3.484 Afghanistan 3.360 Togo 3.303 Syria 3.069 Burundi 2.905

Happiness is subjective and so calculating it can be complex. Researchers have explored various possible methods to calculate patterns of happiness. They have used these measures to collect data and samples from a range of people across the globe.World happiness map shows that Denmark is the happiest country in the world with a score of 7.526 followed by Switzerland with a score of 7.50 followed by other countries. Happiness index shows the average happiness of people in different countries based on surveys. In the survey used for calculating this, respondents answer subjective questions on various aspects.The global projection on subjective well-being uses a popular measure known as Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), to calculate the happiness index. This method of calculation was developed by Pavot & Diener in 1993.