Countries With the Largest Happiness Gains Since 2010

Tracking Gallup survey data for more than a decade reveals insights into the regions seeing happiness gains. Read more

The Countries That Have Become Sadder Since 2010

Tracking Gallup survey data for more than a decade reveals some countries are witnessing big happiness declines, reflecting their shifting socio-economic conditions. Read more

Ranked: Countries Where Youth are the Most Unhappy, Relative to Older Generations

Conventional wisdom says that young adults (those below 30) tend to be the happiest demographic—but this is not true for these countries. Read more

The Relationship Between Money and Happiness

Can money buy happiness? It can up until a certain point, but as this giant chart shows, money and happiness are not always as aligned as one might guess. Read more

Global Happiness: Which Countries are the Most (and Least) Happy?

What contributes to happiness? These charts break down global happiness scores – how does your country fare, and how has it changed over ten years? Read more

Visualizing the Happiest Country on Every Continent

Where are the happiest, least happy, and fastest improving countries worldwide? We’ve broken down this annual ranking by region to answer that question. Read more

Mapped: Countries Experiencing the Most Positive Emotions

People in Latin American and Southeast Asian countries had the most positive emotions, like feeling joy or smiling and laughing a lot. Read more

Charted: Money Can Buy Happiness After All

We’ve heard that money can only buy happiness up to a certain point. But a new study suggests cut-off may be a lot higher than we thought. Read more

Mapped: Global Happiness Levels in 2021

Global happiness levels are determined by many diverse factors. These maps look at the happiest and unhappiest countries in every region. Read more

Charting the Relationship Between Wealth and Happiness, by Country

Can money really buy happiness? In this chart, we compare most of the world’s countries to examine the relationship between wealth and happiness. Read more