Life satisfaction vs. CO₂ emissions per capita by country
Average of survey responses. The survey question asks respondents their current position on a hypothetical ladder, where the best possible life for them is a 10, and the worst possible life is a 0.
Countries reporting
154
Highest
7.76
Finland
Lowest
1.45
Afghanistan
Median
5.74
Years covered
15
2011–2025
Data points
2,073
What the numbers show
Life satisfaction vs. CO₂ emissions per capita is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 7.76 in Finland; the lowest is 1.45 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.74, and the mean is 5.51.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 35.2%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 57.0%).
Life satisfaction vs. CO₂ emissions per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 7.76 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 2 | Iceland | 7.54 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 3 | Denmark | 7.54 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 7.44 | 2025 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 5 | Sweden | 7.25 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Norway | 7.24 | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 7 | Netherlands | 7.22 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 8 | Israel | 7.19 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 9 | Switzerland | 7.02 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 10 | New Zealand | 7 | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 11 | Mexico | 6.97 | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 12 | Belgium | 6.93 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 13 | Australia | 6.92 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 14 | Germany | 6.88 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 15 | Slovenia | 6.87 | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 6.84 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 6.82 | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 17 | Czechia | 6.82 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 6.82 | 2025 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 20 | United States | 6.82 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 21 | Poland | 6.77 | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 6.74 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 23 | Taiwan | 6.71 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 24 | Belize | 6.71 | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 25 | Lithuania | 6.7 | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 6.69 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 27 | Serbia | 6.69 | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 28 | Uruguay | 6.63 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 29 | Brazil | 6.63 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 6.63 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 31 | Romania | 6.63 | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 32 | France | 6.59 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 33 | Singapore | 6.58 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 34 | El Salvador | 6.58 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 35 | Italy | 6.57 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 36 | Panama | 6.55 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 37 | Kuwait | 6.54 | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 38 | Spain | 6.54 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 39 | Guatemala | 6.53 | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 40 | Argentina | 6.43 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 41 | Vietnam | 6.43 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 42 | Estonia | 6.41 | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.38 | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 44 | Qatar | 6.37 | 2018 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 45 | Latvia | 6.37 | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 46 | Jamaica | 6.3 | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 47 | Chile | 6.3 | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 6.3 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 49 | Thailand | 6.3 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 6.28 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 51 | Slovakia | 6.25 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 52 | Bahrain | 6.25 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 53 | Philippines | 6.21 | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 54 | Paraguay | 6.2 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 55 | Ecuador | 6.14 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 56 | Montenegro | 6.14 | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 57 | Japan | 6.13 | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 58 | Cyprus | 6.13 | 2025 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 59 | Honduras | 6.1 | 2025 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 6.09 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 61 | China | 6.07 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.05 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 63 | Colombia | 6.04 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 63 | South Korea | 6.04 | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 65 | Portugal | 6.03 | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 66 | Croatia | 6.01 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 67 | Malaysia | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Peru | 5.97 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 69 | Mauritius | 5.94 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 70 | Hungary | 5.94 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 71 | Mongolia | 5.94 | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.91 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 73 | Moldova | 5.85 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 74 | Bolivia | 5.83 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Russia | 5.83 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 76 | Belarus | 5.82 | 2021 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 77 | Venezuela | 5.76 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 78 | Libya | 5.73 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 5.72 | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 80 | Algeria | 5.71 | 2025 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 5.7 | 2025 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 82 | Greece | 5.7 | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 83 | Albania | 5.66 | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 84 | Indonesia | 5.62 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 5.59 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 86 | Armenia | 5.58 | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 87 | Hong Kong | 5.57 | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 88 | Georgia | 5.52 | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 89 | Laos | 5.51 | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 5.47 | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 91 | Mozambique | 5.34 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 92 | Turkey | 5.3 | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 93 | Iraq | 5.21 | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 94 | Gabon | 5.17 | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 95 | Iran | 5.15 | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.15 | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 97 | Nepal | 5.15 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 98 | Cameroon | 5.08 | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 99 | Bhutan | 5.08 | 2018 | — | flat |
| 100 | South Africa | 5.01 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 4.99 | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 102 | Niger | 4.94 | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 103 | Pakistan | 4.87 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 104 | Tunisia | 4.8 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 105 | Nigeria | 4.79 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 106 | Senegal | 4.79 | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 107 | Namibia | 4.78 | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 108 | Palestine | 4.69 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 109 | Kenya | 4.67 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 110 | Ukraine | 4.66 | 2025 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 111 | Morocco | 4.65 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 112 | Guinea | 4.61 | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 113 | Mali | 4.59 | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 114 | Ghana | 4.55 | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 115 | India | 4.54 | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 116 | Somalia | 4.51 | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 117 | Uganda | 4.49 | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 118 | Jordan | 4.48 | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 119 | Mauritania | 4.47 | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 120 | Cambodia | 4.46 | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 121 | Congo | 4.46 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 4.46 | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 123 | Benin | 4.39 | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 124 | Chad | 4.38 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 125 | Lesotho | 4.38 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 4.32 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 127 | Gambia | 4.31 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 128 | Myanmar | 4.29 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 129 | Liberia | 4.28 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 130 | Togo | 4.28 | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 131 | Madagascar | 4.17 | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 132 | Sudan | 4.14 | 2017 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 133 | Zambia | 4.11 | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 4.01 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 3.98 | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 136 | Comoros | 3.92 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 137 | Eswatini | 3.91 | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 138 | Tanzania | 3.9 | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 139 | Egypt | 3.86 | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 140 | Angola | 3.79 | 2017 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 141 | Burundi | 3.77 | 2020 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 142 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.76 | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 143 | Lebanon | 3.72 | 2025 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 144 | Haiti | 3.62 | 2020 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 145 | Yemen | 3.53 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 146 | Central African Republic | 3.48 | 2019 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 147 | Botswana | 3.46 | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 148 | Syria | 3.46 | 2018 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 3.35 | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 150 | Malawi | 3.28 | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 151 | Rwanda | 3.27 | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 152 | Sierra Leone | 3.25 | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 153 | South Sudan | 2.82 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 1.45 | 2025 | down 57.0% | falling |
About this data
Average of survey responses. The survey question asks respondents their current position on a hypothetical ladder, where the best possible life for them is a 10, and the worst possible life is a 0.