Share of people who say they are very happy or quite happy

percent, 1981–2020

Country	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Albania																			33.40	35.33	37.27	39.20	41.13	43.07	45.00	46.93	48.87	50.80	52.73	54.67	56.60	58.53	60.47	62.40	64.33	66.27	68.20	70.13	72.07	74.00
Algeria																																		75.50
Andorra																													92.50	92.74	92.97	93.21	93.45	93.68	93.92	94.15	94.39	94.63	94.86	95.10
Argentina	77.00	76.95	76.89	76.84	76.78	76.73	76.68	76.62	76.57	76.52	76.46	76.41	76.35	76.30	77.36	78.42	79.48	80.54	81.60	82.20	82.80	83.40	84.00	84.60	85.20	85.80	86.40	87.00	87.60	87.36	87.12	86.88	86.64	86.40	86.28	86.17	86.05	85.93	85.82	85.70
Armenia																			54.80	56.61	58.43	60.24	62.05	63.87	65.68	67.49	69.31	71.12	72.93	74.75	76.56	78.37	80.19	82.00	82.10	82.20	82.30	82.40	82.50	82.60
Australia	94.80	94.77	94.74	94.72	94.69	94.66	94.63	94.61	94.58	94.55	94.52	94.49	94.47	94.44	94.41	94.38	94.36	94.33	94.30	94.03	93.76	93.49	93.22	92.95	92.68	92.41	92.14	91.87	91.60	91.80	92.00	92.20	92.40	92.60	92.10	91.60	91.10	90.60	90.10	89.60
Azerbaijan																			76.60	76.87	77.13	77.40	77.67	77.93	78.20	78.47	78.73	79.00	79.27	79.53	79.80	80.07	80.33	80.60	80.50	80.40	80.30	80.20	80.10	80.00
Bangladesh																			84.80	85.08	85.36	85.64	85.92	86.20	86.49	86.77	87.05	87.33	87.61	87.89	88.17	88.45	88.73	89.01	89.30	89.58	89.86	90.14	90.42	90.70
Belarus														43.80	44.02	44.24	44.46	44.68	44.90	46.15	47.41	48.66	49.91	51.17	52.42	53.67	54.93	56.18	57.43	58.69	59.94	61.19	62.45	63.70	67.83	71.97	76.10	80.23	84.37	88.50
Bosnia and Herzegovina																			79.10	79.48	79.86	80.24	80.62	81.00	81.39	81.77	82.15	82.53	82.91	83.29	83.67	84.05	84.43	84.81	85.20	85.58	85.96	86.34	86.72	87.10
Brazil														75.50	76.49	77.49	78.48	79.47	80.47	81.46	82.45	83.45	84.44	85.43	86.43	87.42	88.41	89.41	90.40	90.72	91.04	91.36	91.68	92.00	91.53	91.07	90.60	90.13	89.67	89.20
Bulgaria																			55.50	55.59	55.68	55.77	55.86	55.95	56.04	56.13	56.22	56.31	56.40	56.75	57.09	57.44	57.78	58.13	58.47	58.82	59.16	59.51	59.85	60.20
Burkina Faso																													79.70
Canada																													95.20
Chile														71.80	73.38	74.96	76.54	78.12	79.70	79.68	79.66	79.64	79.62	79.60	79.58	79.56	79.54	79.52	79.50	80.50	81.50	82.50	83.50	84.50	84.20	83.90	83.60	83.30	83.00	82.70
China														66.60	70.00	73.40	76.80	80.20	83.60	82.92	82.24	81.56	80.88	80.20	79.52	78.84	78.16	77.48	76.80	78.34	79.88	81.42	82.96	84.50	85.23	85.97	86.70	87.43	88.17	88.90
Colombia																			84.30	84.56	84.82	85.08	85.34	85.60	85.86	86.12	86.38	86.64	86.90	87.82	88.74	89.66	90.58	91.50	91.15	90.80	90.45	90.10	89.75	89.40
Croatia																			69.40	69.98	70.56	71.14	71.72	72.30	72.89	73.47	74.05	74.63	75.21	75.79	76.37	76.95	77.53	78.11	78.70	79.28	79.86	80.44	81.02	81.60
Cyprus																													87.00	85.94	84.88	83.82	82.76	81.70	81.73	81.77	81.80	81.83	81.87	81.90
Czech Republic														72.60	74.62	76.64	78.66	80.68	82.70	82.98	83.25	83.53	83.80	84.08	84.36	84.63	84.91	85.19	85.46	85.74	86.01	86.29	86.57	86.84	87.12	87.40	87.67	87.95	88.22	88.50
Dominican Republic																			72.40
Ecuador																																		93.00	92.15	91.30	90.45	89.60	88.75	87.90
Egypt																													83.10	71.68	60.26	48.84	37.42	26.00	33.60	41.20	48.80	56.40	64.00	71.60
El Salvador																			92.00
Estonia																			63.70	64.57	65.43	66.30	67.17	68.03	68.90	69.77	70.63	71.50	72.37	73.23	74.10	74.97	75.83	76.70	77.98	79.27	80.55	81.83	83.12	84.40
Ethiopia																													63.40	65.59	67.78	69.97	72.16	74.35	76.55	78.74	80.93	83.12	85.31	87.50
Finland	93.10	92.99	92.89	92.78	92.68	92.57	92.47	92.36	92.26	92.15	92.04	91.94	91.83	91.73	91.62	91.52	91.41	91.31	91.20	91.28	91.36	91.44	91.52	91.60	91.68	91.76	91.84	91.92	92.00	91.72	91.44	91.15	90.87	90.59	90.31	90.03	89.75	89.46	89.18	88.90
France																													90.10	90.16	90.23	90.29	90.35	90.42	90.48	90.55	90.61	90.67	90.74	90.80
Georgia																			65.20	65.29	65.38	65.47	65.56	65.65	65.74	65.83	65.92	66.01	66.10	66.80	67.50	68.20	68.90	69.60	71.13	72.67	74.20	75.73	77.27	78.80
Germany																			80.50	80.57	80.64	80.71	80.78	80.85	80.92	80.99	81.06	81.13	81.20	81.76	82.32	82.88	83.44	84.00	84.47	84.93	85.40	85.87	86.33	86.80
Ghana																													78.50	78.96	79.42	79.88	80.34	80.80
Guatemala																													78.00	79.16	80.33	81.49	82.65	83.82	84.98	86.15	87.31	88.47	89.64	90.80
Haiti																																		83.50
Hong Kong																													83.60	84.70	85.80	86.90	88.00	89.10	87.68	86.27	84.85	83.43	82.02	80.60
Hungary	76.50	76.54	76.59	76.63	76.68	76.72	76.77	76.81	76.86	76.90	76.94	76.99	77.03	77.08	77.12	77.17	77.21	77.26	77.30	77.13	76.96	76.79	76.62	76.45	76.28	76.11	75.94	75.77	75.60	76.12	76.64	77.15	77.67	78.19	78.71	79.23	79.75	80.26	80.78	81.30
India														72.00	72.78	73.56	74.34	75.12	75.90	75.84	75.78	75.72	75.66	75.60	75.54	75.48	75.42	75.36	75.30	77.72	80.14	82.56	84.98	87.40
Indonesia																													92.10	92.25	92.41	92.56	92.72	92.87	93.03	93.18	93.34	93.49	93.65	93.80
Iran																													79.40	78.50	77.60	76.70	75.80	74.90	74.00	73.10	72.20	71.30	70.40	69.50
Iraq																													52.20	55.36	58.52	61.68	64.84	68.00	68.18	68.37	68.55	68.73	68.92	69.10
Italy																													89.40	88.75	88.11	87.46	86.82	86.17	85.53	84.88	84.24	83.59	82.95	82.30
Japan	76.90	76.96	77.02	77.08	77.15	77.21	77.27	77.33	77.39	77.45	77.52	77.58	77.64	77.70	79.96	82.22	84.48	86.74	89.00	88.83	88.66	88.49	88.32	88.15	87.98	87.81	87.64	87.47	87.30	87.14	86.98	86.82	86.66	86.50	86.80	87.10	87.40	87.70	88.00	88.30
Jordan																													86.90	86.68	86.46	86.24	86.02	85.80	85.92	86.03	86.15	86.27	86.38	86.50
Kazakhstan																																		88.50	87.83	87.17	86.50	85.83	85.17	84.50
Kuwait																																		91.60
Kyrgyzstan																																		95.90	95.90	95.90	95.90	95.90	95.90	95.90
Latvia																			68.80
Lebanon																																		78.30	79.60	80.90	82.20	83.50	84.80	86.10
Libya																																		87.50
Lithuania																			54.70	55.60	56.51	57.41	58.32	59.22	60.13	61.03	61.94	62.84	63.75	64.65	65.56	66.46	67.37	68.27	69.18	70.08	70.99	71.89	72.80	73.70
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)																			62.30	63.47	64.63	65.80	66.97	68.13	69.30	70.47	71.63	72.80	73.97	75.13	76.30	77.47	78.63	79.80	80.97	82.13	83.30	84.47	85.63	86.80
Malaysia																													94.80	95.04	95.28	95.52	95.76	96.00	94.27	92.53	90.80	89.07	87.33	85.60
Mali																													82.60
Mexico	79.20	78.31	77.42	76.52	75.63	74.74	73.85	72.95	72.06	71.17	70.28	69.38	68.49	67.60	68.00	68.40	68.80	69.20	69.60	71.71	73.82	75.93	78.04	80.15	82.26	84.37	86.48	88.59	90.70	91.42	92.14	92.86	93.58	94.30	93.92	93.53	93.15	92.77	92.38	92.00
Moldova																			43.40	44.08	44.76	45.44	46.12	46.80	47.48	48.16	48.84	49.52	50.20
Montenegro																			69.20	68.50	67.80	67.10	66.40	65.70	65.00	64.30	63.60	62.90	62.20	64.87	67.55	70.22	72.89	75.56	78.24	80.91	83.58	86.25	88.93	91.60
Morocco																													80.80	80.30	79.80	79.30	78.80	78.30
Netherlands																													93.90	93.60	93.30	93.00	92.70	92.40	92.27	92.13	92.00	91.87	91.73	91.60
New Zealand																			94.30	94.52	94.74	94.96	95.18	95.40	95.62	95.84	96.06	96.28	96.50	95.68	94.86	94.04	93.22	92.40	91.93	91.47	91.00	90.53	90.07	89.60
Nigeria														65.50	69.26	73.02	76.78	80.54	84.30	84.33	84.35	84.38	84.41	84.43	84.46	84.49	84.51	84.54	84.57	84.59	84.62	84.65	84.67	84.70	82.65	80.60	78.55	76.50	74.45	72.40
Norway																			94.30	94.50	94.70	94.90	95.10	95.30	95.50	95.70	95.90	96.10	96.30	96.10	95.90	95.70	95.50	95.30	95.10	94.90	94.70	94.50	94.30	94.10
Pakistan																			79.10	79.47	79.85	80.22	80.59	80.97	81.34	81.71	82.09	82.46	82.83	83.21	83.58	83.95	84.33	84.70	85.45	86.20	86.95	87.70	88.45	89.20
West Bank and Gaza																																		74.40
Peru																			62.90	63.35	63.80	64.25	64.70	65.15	65.60	66.05	66.50	66.95	67.40	69.12	70.84	72.56	74.28	76.00	76.80	77.60	78.40	79.20	80.00	80.80
Philippines																			92.40	92.20	92.00	91.80	91.60	91.40	91.20	91.00	90.80	90.60	90.40	90.20	90.00	89.80	89.60	89.40	89.73	90.07	90.40	90.73	91.07	91.40
Poland														87.60	87.14	86.68	86.22	85.76	85.30	85.54	85.78	86.02	86.26	86.50	86.74	86.98	87.22	87.46	87.70	88.68	89.66	90.64	91.62	92.60	92.32	92.03	91.75	91.47	91.18	90.90
Puerto Rico																			90.80	90.79	90.77	90.76	90.74	90.73	90.71	90.70	90.69	90.67	90.66	90.64	90.63	90.61	90.60	90.59	90.57	90.56	90.54	90.53	90.51	90.50
Qatar																																		98.00
Romania																			56.10	56.02	55.94	55.86	55.78	55.70	55.62	55.54	55.46	55.38	55.30	58.04	60.78	63.52	66.26	69.00	70.48	71.97	73.45	74.93	76.42	77.90
Russia														47.20	47.80	48.40	49.00	49.60	50.20	51.75	53.30	54.85	56.40	57.95	59.50	61.05	62.60	64.15	65.70	67.22	68.74	70.26	71.78	73.30	74.32	75.33	76.35	77.37	78.38	79.40
Rwanda																													85.40	86.40	87.40	88.40	89.40	90.40
Serbia																			69.90	69.13	68.36	67.59	66.82	66.05	65.28	64.51	63.74	62.97	62.20	63.79	65.38	66.97	68.56	70.15	71.75	73.34	74.93	76.52	78.11	79.70
Singapore																																		93.00
Slovakia														52.00	55.88	59.76	63.64	67.52	71.40	72.23	73.06	73.89	74.71	75.54	76.37	77.20	78.03	78.86	79.69	80.51	81.34	82.17	83.00	83.83	84.66	85.49	86.31	87.14	87.97	88.80
Slovenia																			73.80	74.40	75.00	75.60	76.20	76.80	77.40	78.00	78.60	79.20	79.80	80.50	81.20	81.90	82.60	83.30	83.35	83.40	83.45	83.50	83.55	83.60
South Africa	80.40	79.32	78.23	77.15	76.06	74.98	73.89	72.81	71.72	70.64	69.55	68.47	67.38	66.30	67.52	68.74	69.96	71.18	72.40	72.94	73.48	74.02	74.56	75.10	75.64	76.18	76.72	77.26	77.80	77.52	77.24	76.96	76.68	76.40
South Korea														75.20	77.92	80.64	83.36	86.08	88.80	88.66	88.52	88.38	88.24	88.10	87.96	87.82	87.68	87.54	87.40	87.92	88.44	88.96	89.48	90.00	89.85	89.70	89.55	89.40	89.25	89.10
Spain														83.60	84.16	84.72	85.28	85.84	86.40	86.96	87.52	88.08	88.64	89.20	89.76	90.32	90.88	91.44	92.00	90.88	89.76	88.64	87.52	86.40	86.80	87.20	87.60	88.00	88.40	88.80
Sweden	94.20	94.18	94.17	94.15	94.13	94.12	94.10	94.08	94.07	94.05	94.03	94.02	94.00	93.98	93.97	93.95	93.93	93.92	93.90	94.12	94.34	94.56	94.78	95.00	95.22	95.44	95.66	95.88	96.10	95.80	95.50	95.20	94.90	94.60	94.47	94.33	94.20	94.07	93.93	93.80
Switzerland														93.40	93.41	93.41	93.42	93.43	93.43	93.44	93.45	93.45	93.46	93.47	93.47	93.48	93.49	93.49	93.50	93.45	93.41	93.36	93.32	93.27	93.23	93.18	93.14	93.09	93.05	93.00
Taiwan																			90.60	90.05	89.50	88.95	88.40	87.85	87.30	86.75	86.20	85.65	85.10	86.06	87.02	87.98	88.94	89.90	90.03	90.17	90.30	90.43	90.57	90.70
Thailand																													92.40	92.52	92.64	92.76	92.88	93.00	91.40	89.80	88.20	86.60	85.00	83.40
Trinidad and Tobago																													86.80	87.04	87.28	87.52	87.76	88.00
Tunisia																																		79.30	78.85	78.40	77.95	77.50	77.05	76.60
Turkey														81.00	81.34	81.68	82.02	82.36	82.70	83.04	83.38	83.72	84.06	84.40	84.74	85.08	85.42	85.76	86.10	85.64	85.18	84.72	84.26	83.80	84.00	84.20	84.40	84.60	84.80	85.00
Ukraine																			45.80	48.68	51.56	54.44	57.32	60.20	63.08	65.96	68.84	71.72	74.60	73.30	72.00	70.70	69.40	68.10
United Kingdom																			90.60	90.88	91.16	91.44	91.72	92.00	92.28	92.56	92.84	93.12	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40	93.40
United States	91.10	91.25	91.40	91.55	91.70	91.85	92.00	92.15	92.30	92.45	92.60	92.75	92.90	93.05	93.20	93.35	93.50	93.65	93.80	93.74	93.68	93.62	93.56	93.50	93.44	93.38	93.32	93.26	93.20	92.48	91.76	91.04	90.32	89.60	89.37	89.13	88.90	88.67	88.43	88.20
Uruguay																			79.40	80.05	80.70	81.35	82.00	82.65	83.30	83.95	84.60	85.25	85.90	85.92	85.94	85.96	85.98	86.00
Uzbekistan																																		96.00
Venezuela																			92.60
Vietnam																													91.50	92.03	92.55	93.08	93.61	94.14	94.66	95.19	95.72	96.25	96.77	97.30
Yemen																																		72.10
Zambia																													51.60
Zimbabwe																																		78.90	74.40	69.90	65.40	60.90	56.40	51.90

This data is compiled from the survey question, “Taking all things together, would you say you are: happy/very happy, or unhappy/very unhappy?” To allow for greater simplicity, we have combined happy and very happy, and unhappy and very unhappy.

Source: World Values Survey