Happiness (Cantril Ladder)
Self-reported life evaluation on a 0–10 ladder. World Happiness Report, 2018–2025.
Source: World Happiness Report (Gallup World Poll) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: score 0–10 Parsed: 2026-07-03 Open source ↗
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Avg (2025)
5.6
+0.10pp vs 2024
Improving
2
of 147 tracked
Declining
1
period over period
Stable
144
±0.5pp band
Life evaluation
Interactive — choose a period, search a country, switch between bars, table and map.
Trend over time
Group average by period, 2018–2025.
Europe & Central AsiaAmericasMiddle East & North AfricaEast Asia & PacificAdvanced / otherSub-Saharan AfricaSouth Asia
Two dimensions at once
Happiness × wealth — colour shows both at once
GDP per capita, PPP →
Life evaluation →
Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 4.4 | +0.62pp |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 3.7 | +0.53pp |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 4.3 | +0.47pp |
| 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 6.3 | +0.43pp |
| 🇨🇩 DR Congo | 3.8 | +0.29pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇬 Congo | 4.5 | -0.57pp |
| 🇬🇳 Guinea | 4.6 | -0.32pp |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 5 | -0.20pp |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | 5.1 | -0.16pp |
| 🇳🇦 Namibia | 4.8 | -0.13pp |
By group
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Europe & Central Asia +0.10pp
Americas +0.10pp
Middle East & North Africa +0.10pp
Sub-Saharan Africa +0.10pp
South Asia +0.10pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
Advanced / other 0.00pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe & Central Asia | 42 | 6.5 | +0.10pp |
| Americas | 23 | 6.4 | +0.10pp |
| East Asia & Pacific | 13 | 6 | 0.00pp |
| Advanced / other | 13 | 5.7 | 0.00pp |
| Middle East & North Africa | 17 | 5.3 | +0.10pp |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 33 | 4.4 | +0.10pp |
| South Asia | 6 | 4.1 | +0.10pp |