Visualizing Happiness Across Europe 🌍

What We're Showing

The latest country happiness scores for European countries 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.

Nordic Countries Stay on Top

Finland continues its reign as the happiest country in the world for its eighth consecutive year. Access to nature, high levels of trust and freedom in its society, and a strong welfare system all contribute to its high ranking.

Europe is generally one of the happiest regions in the world.

Six of the ten happiest countries in the world are in Europe, including all five Nordic countries: Finland (#1), Denmark (#2), Iceland, (#3), Sweden (#4), and Norway (#7). The Netherlands (#5) and Luxembourg (#9) round out the list.

Nordic countries have consistently ranked among the happiest in the world due to their strong social safety nets, emphasis on work-life balance, high levels of trust and social cohesion, and low levels of income inequality.