Countries by World Happiness Index 2025

About This Dataset

Countries ranked by their score on the World Happiness Report 2025, which measures subjective wellbeing through life evaluations, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and corruption perceptions. Finland has topped the World Happiness Report for eight consecutive years by 2025 — a streak that has focused international attention on Nordic social models, with researchers attributing the country's wellbeing to high social trust, quality public services, and cultural acceptance of contentment over status.

Analysis

Finland (7.74), Denmark (7.68) and Iceland (7.64) take the top three in Happiness Score (0-10) in 2025. Values run from 7.74 at the top to 7.38 at the bottom in Happiness Score (0-10), a spread of 0.36. First and second are separated by 0.06, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Below the top two the field is tightly packed: the remaining 6 run from 7.64 down to 7.38 Happiness Score (0-10).

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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Finland leads in Happiness Score (0-10) with 7.74 in 2025.

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Average Happiness Score (0-10) in 2025: 8 · median: 7.

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Gap in 2025: Finland is 1× larger than Luxembourg.