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DEFINITION:
The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is calculated from three components: Perceived well-being, life expectancy and ecological footprint. A higher value indicates a happier population.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Vanuatu | 68.21 | 2006 | ||
2 | Dominica | 64.55 | 2006 | ||
3 | Costa Rica | 64 | 2012 | ||
4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 61.37 | 2006 | ||
5 | Saint Lucia | 61.31 | 2006 | ||
6 | Samoa | 60.98 | 2006 | ||
7 | Vietnam | 60.4 | 2012 | ||
8 | Egypt | 60.3 | 2009 | ||
9 | Colombia | 59.8 | 2012 | ||
10 | Saudi Arabia | 59.7 | 2009 | ||
11 | Belize | 59.3 | 2012 | ||
12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 59.23 | 2006 | ||
13 | Solomon Islands | 58.93 | 2006 | ||
14 | El Salvador | 58.9 | 2012 | ||
=15 | Jamaica | 58.5 | 2012 | ||
=15 | Bhutan | 58.5 | 2009 | ||
17 | Tonga | 57.9 | 2006 | ||
18 | Panama | 57.8 | 2012 | ||
=19 | Nicaragua | 57.1 | 2012 | ||
=19 | China | 57.1 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Venezuela | 56.9 | 2012 | ||
=21 | Guatemala | 56.9 | 2012 | ||
23 | Bangladesh | 56.3 | 2012 | ||
24 | Cuba | 56.2 | 2012 | ||
25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56.14 | 2006 | ||
26 | Seychelles | 56.07 | 2006 | ||
27 | Honduras | 56 | 2012 | ||
28 | Indonesia | 55.5 | 2012 | ||
29 | Israel | 55.2 | 2012 | ||
30 | Suriname | 55.03 | 2006 | ||
31 | Fiji | 54.47 | 2006 | ||
32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.2 | 2009 | ||
=33 | Argentina | 54.1 | 2012 | ||
=33 | Pakistan | 54.1 | 2012 | ||
=33 | Albania | 54.1 | 2012 | ||
36 | Malaysia | 54 | 2009 | ||
37 | Chile | 53.9 | 2012 | ||
38 | Maldives | 53.52 | 2006 | ||
39 | Thailand | 53.5 | 2012 | ||
40 | Comoros | 52.92 | 2006 | ||
=41 | Brazil | 52.9 | 2012 | ||
=41 | Mexico | 52.9 | 2012 | ||
43 | Barbados | 52.73 | 2006 | ||
44 | Ecuador | 52.5 | 2012 | ||
45 | Cape Verde | 52.41 | 2006 | ||
=46 | Peru | 52.4 | 2012 | ||
=46 | Philippines | 52.4 | 2012 | ||
48 | Algeria | 52.2 | 2012 | ||
49 | East Timor | 52.04 | 2006 | ||
50 | Nepal | 51.9 | 2009 | ||
51 | Jordan | 51.7 | 2012 | ||
52 | New Zealand | 51.6 | 2012 | ||
53 | Norway | 51.4 | 2012 | ||
=54 | Palestine | 51.2 | 2012 | ||
=54 | Guyana | 51.2 | 2012 | ||
=54 | Burma | 51.2 | 2009 | ||
57 | India | 50.9 | 2012 | ||
58 | Haiti | 50.8 | 2009 | ||
59 | Dominican Republic | 50.7 | 2012 | ||
60 | Netherlands | 50.6 | 2009 | ||
61 | Malta | 50.4 | 2009 | ||
62 | Switzerland | 50.3 | 2012 | ||
63 | Uzbekistan | 50.1 | 2009 | ||
64 | Mauritius | 49.65 | 2006 | ||
65 | Sri Lanka | 49.4 | 2012 | ||
66 | Bolivia | 49.3 | 2009 | ||
67 | Iraq | 49.2 | 2012 | ||
=68 | Laos | 49.1 | 2012 | ||
=68 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.1 | 2012 | ||
70 | Grenada | 48.96 | 2006 | ||
71 | The Gambia | 48.67 | 2006 | ||
=72 | Tunisia | 48.3 | 2012 | ||
=72 | Armenia | 48.3 | 2009 | ||
74 | Singapore | 48.2 | 2009 | ||
75 | Yemen | 48.1 | 2009 | ||
=76 | Moldova | 48 | 2012 | ||
=76 | Sweden | 48 | 2009 | ||
=78 | Morocco | 47.9 | 2012 | ||
=78 | United Kingdom | 47.9 | 2012 | ||
=80 | Tajikistan | 47.8 | 2012 | ||
=80 | Paraguay | 47.8 | 2009 | ||
=82 | Turkey | 47.6 | 2012 | ||
=82 | Serbia | 47.6 | 2009 | ||
84 | Japan | 47.5 | 2012 | ||
=85 | Germany | 47.2 | 2012 | ||
=85 | Finland | 47.2 | 2009 | ||
=85 | Croatia | 47.2 | 2009 | ||
=88 | Austria | 47.1 | 2012 | ||
=88 | Syria | 47.1 | 2012 | ||
90 | Madagascar | 46.8 | 2012 | ||
91 | France | 46.5 | 2012 | ||
92 | Cyprus | 46.2 | 2009 | ||
93 | Belgium | 45.4 | 2009 | ||
94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45 | 2009 | ||
95 | The Bahamas | 44.9 | 2006 | ||
96 | Papua New Guinea | 44.75 | 2006 | ||
97 | Slovenia | 44.5 | 2009 | ||
98 | South Korea | 44.4 | 2009 | ||
99 | Italy | 44 | 2009 | ||
100 | Oman | 43.94 | 2006 | ||
101 | Romania | 43.9 | 2009 | ||
102 | Georgia | 43.6 | 2009 | ||
103 | Slovakia | 43.5 | 2009 | ||
104 | Taiwan | 43.41 | 2006 | ||
105 | Spain | 43.2 | 2009 | ||
106 | Poland | 42.8 | 2009 | ||
107 | Ireland | 42.6 | 2009 | ||
108 | Cambodia | 42.3 | 2009 | ||
109 | Iran | 42.1 | 2009 | ||
110 | Bulgaria | 42 | 2009 | ||
111 | Hong Kong | 41.6 | 2009 | ||
112 | Azerbaijan | 41.2 | 2009 | ||
113 | Brunei | 41.16 | 2006 | ||
114 | Lithuania | 40.9 | 2009 | ||
115 | Gabon | 40.52 | 2006 | ||
116 | Djibouti | 40.4 | 2009 | ||
117 | Libya | 40.33 | 2006 | ||
118 | Canada | 39.4 | 2009 | ||
119 | Hungary | 38.9 | 2009 | ||
120 | Kazakhstan | 38.5 | 2009 | ||
121 | Czech Republic | 38.3 | 2009 | ||
122 | Mauritania | 38.2 | 2009 | ||
=123 | Ukraine | 38.1 | 2009 | ||
=123 | Iceland | 38.1 | 2009 | ||
125 | Senegal | 38 | 2009 | ||
126 | Greece | 37.6 | 2009 | ||
127 | Portugal | 37.5 | 2009 | ||
128 | Uruguay | 37.2 | 2009 | ||
129 | Ghana | 37.1 | 2009 | ||
130 | Latvia | 36.7 | 2009 | ||
131 | Australia | 36.6 | 2009 | ||
132 | Belarus | 35.7 | 2009 | ||
133 | Denmark | 35.5 | 2009 | ||
134 | Guinea-Bissau | 35.08 | 2006 | ||
135 | Mongolia | 35 | 2009 | ||
=136 | Malawi | 34.5 | 2009 | ||
=136 | Russia | 34.5 | 2009 | ||
138 | Eritrea | 34.49 | 2006 | ||
139 | Bahrain | 34.35 | 2006 | ||
140 | Chad | 34.3 | 2009 | ||
141 | Lebanon | 33.6 | 2009 | ||
142 | Republic of Macedonia | 32.7 | 2009 | ||
143 | Republic of the Congo | 32.4 | 2009 | ||
144 | United States | 30.7 | 2009 | ||
=145 | Guinea | 30.3 | 2009 | ||
=145 | Nigeria | 30.3 | 2009 | ||
147 | Uganda | 30.2 | 2009 | ||
148 | South Africa | 29.7 | 2009 | ||
149 | Rwanda | 29.6 | 2009 | ||
150 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 29 | 2009 | ||
=151 | Sudan | 28.5 | 2009 | ||
=151 | Luxembourg | 28.5 | 2009 | ||
153 | United Arab Emirates | 28.2 | 2009 | ||
154 | Ethiopia | 28.1 | 2009 | ||
155 | Kenya | 27.8 | 2009 | ||
=156 | Cameroon | 27.2 | 2009 | ||
=156 | Zambia | 27.2 | 2009 | ||
158 | Kuwait | 27 | 2009 | ||
159 | Niger | 26.9 | 2009 | ||
160 | Angola | 26.8 | 2009 | ||
161 | Estonia | 26.4 | 2009 | ||
162 | Mali | 25.8 | 2009 | ||
163 | Qatar | 25.5 | 2006 | ||
=164 | Benin | 24.6 | 2009 | ||
=164 | Mozambique | 24.6 | 2009 | ||
166 | Turkmenistan | 23.96 | 2006 | ||
167 | Equatorial Guinea | 23.77 | 2006 | ||
168 | Togo | 23.3 | 2009 | ||
169 | Sierra Leone | 23.1 | 2009 | ||
170 | Lesotho | 23.05 | 2006 | ||
171 | Central African Republic | 22.9 | 2009 | ||
172 | Burkina Faso | 22.4 | 2009 | ||
173 | Burundi | 21.8 | 2009 | ||
174 | Namibia | 21.1 | 2009 | ||
175 | Botswana | 20.9 | 2009 | ||
176 | Swaziland | 18.38 | 2006 | ||
177 | Tanzania | 17.8 | 2009 | ||
178 | Zimbabwe | 16.6 | 2009 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Culture > Happy Planet Index
- Zimbabwe has ranked last for happy planet index since 2006.
- Costa Rica has ranked in the top 3 for happy planet index since 2006.
- Colombia has ranked in the top 6 for happy planet index since 2006.
- Vietnam has ranked in the top 5 for happy planet index since 2009.
- Jamaica has ranked in the top 6 for happy planet index since 2009.
- Guatemala has ranked in the top 9 for happy planet index since 2006.
- El Salvador has ranked in the top 9 for happy planet index since 2006.
- Cuba has ranked in the top 12 for happy planet index since 2006.
- Honduras has ranked in the top 13 for happy planet index since 2006.
- Nicaragua has ranked in the top 11 for happy planet index since 2009.