Happiness Driver: GDP
Contribution of GDP per capita 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)
1.5
+0.20pp vs 2024
Improving
0
of 147 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
147
±0.5pp band
GDP 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 🇹🇩 Chad | 1 | +0.39pp |
| 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 1.2 | +0.39pp |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 1.3 | +0.35pp |
| 🇲🇱 Mali | 1 | +0.33pp |
| 🇨🇩 DR Congo | 0.9 | +0.31pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|
By group
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Sub-Saharan Africa +0.30pp
Europe & Central Asia +0.20pp
East Asia & Pacific +0.20pp
Middle East & North Africa +0.20pp
Advanced / other +0.20pp
Americas +0.20pp
South Asia +0.20pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe & Central Asia | 42 | 1.8 | +0.20pp |
| East Asia & Pacific | 13 | 1.7 | +0.20pp |
| Middle East & North Africa | 17 | 1.6 | +0.20pp |
| Advanced / other | 13 | 1.6 | +0.20pp |
| Americas | 23 | 1.5 | +0.20pp |
| South Asia | 6 | 1.3 | +0.20pp |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 33 | 1.1 | +0.30pp |