Dec 2011 May 2013 Mar 2017 Feb 2018 Jun 2019 Aug 2020 Dec 2021 Jan 2023 1- year 10-year Change in change change Global Country 77% 77% 61% 70% 64% 63% 67% 73% +6 -4 Average happiness China 78% 79% 84% 85% 82% 93% 83% 91% +8 +12 Saudi Arabia 83% 74% 75% 76% 78% 80% 81% 86% +5 +12 Netherlands 87% 86% 85% -1 n/a level by India 89% 87% 78% 83% 77% 66% 82% 84% +2 -3 Brazil 77% 81% 56% 73% 61% 63% 63% 83% +20 +2 country UAE 81% n/a n/a Mexico 78% 80% 43% 67% 59% 46% 65% 81% +16 +1 Colombia 32% 58% 54% 80% +26 n/a Australia 86% 84% 72% 82% 86% 77% 85% 80% -5 -4 Chile 41% 71% 50% 35% 53% 79% +26 n/a Indonesia 79% n/a n/a Portugal 79% n/a n/a South Africa 79% 83% 59% 72% 59% 52% 65% 77% +12 -6 Q. Taking all things together, United States 85% 83% 80% 82% 79% 70% 76% 76% -0 -7 would you say you are: very Argentina 68% 67% 48% 56% 34% 43% 48% 74% +26 +7 France 84% 81% 68% 77% 80% 78% 81% 74% -7 -7 happy, rather happy, not very Sweden 80% 87% 74% 81% 75% 74% 78% 74% -4 -13 happy, not happy at all? Canada 85% 83% 81% 81% 86% 78% 80% 74% -6 -9 Peru 36% 54% 58% 32% 54% 72% +18 n/a Thailand 71% n/a n/a Singapore 72% 71% -1 n/a % Happy (very/rather) Great Britain 79% 81% 71% 78% 82% 76% 83% 70% -13 -11 Spain 63% 57% 43% 53% 46% 38% 55% 69% +14 +12 Malaysia 69% 52% 62% 65% 68% +3 n/a Italy 73% 68% 53% 60% 57% 62% 66% 68% +2 +0 Belgium 80% 80% 71% 80% 73% 71% 73% 68% -5 -12 Germany 76% 77% 71% 68% 78% 73% 72% 67% -5 -10 Turkey 89% 83% 58% 60% 53% 59% 42% 61% +19 -22 Japan 70% 69% 62% 60% 52% 55% 58% 60% +2 -9 Poland 75% 72% 66% 71% 71% 68% 65% 58% -7 -14 South Korea 71% 62% 48% 57% 54% 54% 57% 57% +0 -5 Hungary 43% 52% 48% 48% 50% 45% 51% 50% -1 -2