Countries With the Lowest Wellbeing Scores

Every country with a figure for wellbeing score, ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are Zimbabwe (-1.98), Zambia (-1.67) and Lebanon (-1.54). 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 Highest Wellbeing Scores
• Wellbeing score by country: trend over time and what it goes with

Related rankings

• Countries With the Lowest Interpersonal Trust
• Countries With the Lowest Self-reported Happiness
• Countries With the Lowest 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.