Countries With the Highest Wellbeing Scores

Every country with a figure for wellbeing score, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Denmark (1.89), Finland (1.87) and Norway (1.82). The middle country of the 110 has 0.105.

What this measures

Wellbeing score, in typical gaps (standard deviations). Source: PlaceStats. For this measure, higher is better.

The average of 3 measures from 2 publishers. Each measure is first put on a common scale: 0 is the average country in an average year, and 1 is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation). Each is turned so that higher is better. Measures are averaged within each publisher first, so a publisher with many measures does not count for more. Members: Self-reported happiness, Interpersonal trust, Life satisfaction.

A standard deviation is a typical gap between places.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2010–2022. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on wellbeing score

• Countries With the Lowest Wellbeing Scores
• Wellbeing score by country: trend over time and what it goes with

Related rankings

• Countries With the Highest Interpersonal Trust
• Countries With the Highest Self-reported Happiness
• Countries With the Highest Life Satisfaction

A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.