Visualizing Happiness Across Central Asia and the Middle East 🌍

What We're Showing

The latest country happiness scores for countries in Central Asia and the Middle East from the World Happiness Report 2025, an annual publication that ranks global happiness based on life evaluations, social support, freedom, GDP per capita, and other well-being indicators, using data from the Gallup World Poll and additional sources

The report averages the score from life evaluations per country over a three-year period (2022–2024 for this year’s edition) and ranks from them highest to lowest.

Read the methodology in the Data Sources tab for more information.

Key Takeaways

• Despite the ongoing war, Israel has remained in the top 10 happiest countries in the world globally since 2022, and consistently the happiest country in the region.
• Afghanistan continues to be the unhappiest country in the world for its sixth consecutive year, amid ongoing conflict, restrictions on freedom, and human rights violations.