The World Happiness Index 2025, part of the World Happiness Report, was the 13th edition of the annual report, released coinciding with the International Day of Happiness that falls on March 20 each year, focusing on the impact of caring and sharing on people's happiness, including how sharing a meal increases happiness. It was published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University in collaboration with Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
GDP per capita is in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) adjusted to constant 2021 international dollars, taken from the World Development Indicators (WDI) by the World Bank (version 34, last updated on 28 October 2024). See the online statistical appendix for more details. GDP data for 2024 are not yet available, so we extend the GDP time series from 2023 to 2024 using country-specific forecasts of real GDP growth from the OECD Economic Outlook No. 116 (Edition 2024/2) or, if missing, from the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects (last updated: 11 June 2024), after adjustment for population growth. The equation uses the natural log of GDP per capita, as this form fits the data significantly better than GDP per capita.
The time series for healthy life expectancy at birth is constructed based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Observatory data repository, with data available up to 2021 (last updated: 2 August 2024). To match this report’s sample period (2005–2024), interpolation (when necessary) and extrapolation are used. See the online statistical appendix for more details.
Social support is the national average of the binary responses (0 = no, 1 = yes) to the Gallup World Poll (GWP) question “If you were in trouble, do you have relatives or friends you can count on to help you whenever you need them, or not?”
Freedom to make life choices is the national average of binary responses to the GWP question “Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your freedom to choose what you do with your life?”
Generosity is the residual from regressing the national average of GWP responses to the donation question “Have you donated money to a charity in the past month?” on log GDP per capita.
Perceptions of corruption are the average of binary answers to two GWP questions: “Is corruption widespread throughout the government or not?” and “Is corruption widespread within businesses or not?” Where data for government corruption is missing, the perception of business corruption is used as the overall corruption-perception measure.
Positive affect is defined as the average of previous-day affect measures for laughter, enjoyment, and doing interesting things. The inclusion of doing interesting things (first added for World Happiness Report 2022) gives us three components in each of positive and negative affect, and slightly improves the equation fit in column 4. The general form for the affect questions is: “Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday?” See the online statistical appendix for more details.
Negative affect is defined as the average of previous-day affect measures for worry, sadness, and anger.
India was ranked 118th out of 147 countries, with a happiness score of 4-389, ranking below its neighbours such as Nepal, Bangladesh, and China. The drop is linked to growing mental health concerns, exacerbated by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing economic pressures.
Costa Rica, ranked sixth, and Mexico, ranked tenth, show that happiness is not only related to GDP but also to social bonds, culture, and optimism. Both nations thrive on strong communities and a deep connection to their traditions. The State of Palestine was ranked 108th (103 in 2024) while Ukraine was ranked at 111 rank (105 in 2024).
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