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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |