Happiness Driver: Freedom
Contribution of freedom to make life choices to the happiness score. World Happiness Report, 2019–2025.
Source: World Happiness Report (Gallup World Poll) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: ladder pts Parsed: 2026-07-03 Open source ↗
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Avg (2025)
0.9
+0.10pp vs 2024
Improving
0
of 146 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
146
±0.5pp band
Freedom contribution
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2019–2025.
Europe & Central AsiaAmericasMiddle East & North AfricaEast Asia & PacificAdvanced / otherSub-Saharan AfricaSouth Asia
Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇿 Algeria | 0.9 | +0.41pp |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 0.7 | +0.27pp |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | 0.7 | +0.20pp |
| 🇬🇲 Gambia | 0.8 | +0.20pp |
| 🇬🇳 Guinea | 0.9 | +0.19pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|
By group
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Middle East & North Africa +0.20pp
Americas +0.10pp
East Asia & Pacific +0.10pp
Europe & Central Asia +0.10pp
Advanced / other +0.10pp
Sub-Saharan Africa +0.10pp
South Asia +0.10pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 23 | 1 | +0.10pp |
| East Asia & Pacific | 13 | 1 | +0.10pp |
| Europe & Central Asia | 41 | 0.9 | +0.10pp |
| Advanced / other | 13 | 0.9 | +0.10pp |
| Middle East & North Africa | 17 | 0.8 | +0.20pp |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 33 | 0.8 | +0.10pp |
| South Asia | 6 | 0.7 | +0.10pp |