EU276.67scale 0–10 · 2025
US6.82scale 0–10 · 2025
China6.07scale 0–10 · 2025
EU27 US China Range of the member states
Range within the EU: 2025: 5.70 (Greece) to 7.76 (Finland), median 6.63, 27 member states
All member states (2025)
| Finland | 7.76 |
| Denmark | 7.54 |
| Sweden | 7.25 |
| Netherlands | 7.22 |
| Luxembourg | 7.06 |
| Ireland | 6.93 |
| Belgium | 6.93 |
| Germany | 6.88 |
| Slovenia | 6.87 |
| Austria | 6.84 |
| Czechia | 6.82 |
| Poland | 6.77 |
| Lithuania | 6.70 |
| Romania | 6.63 |
| France | 6.59 |
| Italy | 6.57 |
| Spain | 6.54 |
| Malta | 6.44 |
| Estonia | 6.41 |
| Latvia | 6.37 |
| Slovakia | 6.25 |
| Cyprus | 6.13 |
| Portugal | 6.03 |
| Croatia | 6.01 |
| Hungary | 5.94 |
| Bulgaria | 5.70 |
| Greece | 5.70 |
Values as a table
| Year | EU27 | US | China |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.67 | 6.82 | 6.07 |
| 2024 | 6.61 | 6.72 | 5.92 |
| 2023 | 6.58 | 6.72 | 5.97 |
| 2022 | 6.63 | 6.89 | 5.82 |
| 2021 | 6.66 | 6.98 | 5.58 |
| 2020 | 6.66 | 6.95 | 5.34 |
| 2019 | 6.61 | 6.94 | 5.12 |
| 2018 | 6.53 | 6.89 | 5.19 |
| 2017 | 6.43 | 6.89 | 5.25 |
| 2016 | 6.38 | 6.99 | 5.27 |
| 2015 | 6.34 | 7.10 | 5.25 |
| 2014 | 6.27 | 7.12 | 5.14 |
Definition
Average answer to the question where respondents place their own life on a ladder from 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible), averaged over three years.
Caveats
Survey of about 1,000 respondents per country and year, with sampling uncertainty; cultural differences in response style. In China, the political context may influence answers.
- Source
- World Happiness Report (Gallup World Poll), via Our World in Data ·
happiness-cantril-ladder - Licence
- Werte des World Happiness Report; Aufbereitung OWID CC BY 4.0
- EU value
- Population-weighted mean of the 27 member states (own calculation).
- retrieved
- 25 Oct 2026