The 2021 Happy Planet Index - Happy Planet Index

2021 Results

RANK

COUNTRY

Life expectancy

Wellbeing

Carbon footprint

HPI SCORE and change since 2019

1st

Vanuatu

70.4 years

7.10/10

2.62 tCO2e

57.9 (+2.6)

2nd

Sweden

83.0 years

7.40/10

8.70 tCO2e

55.9 (+1.9)

3rd

70.7 years

6.40/10

2.03 tCO2e

54.7 (-2.5)

4th

77.0 years

6.40/10

4.37 tCO2e

54.1 (-7.6)

5th

73.8 years

6.10/10

2.61 tCO2e

53.6 (-0.3)

143rd

Chad

52.5 years

4.40/10

3.88 tCO2e

18.3 (+0.3)

144th

62.0 years

2.40/10

1.14 tCO2e

16.2 (-0.7)

145th

Lesotho

53.1 years

3.70/10

3.04 tCO2e

15.6 (+0.1)

146th

Botswana

61.1 years

3.50/10

10.28 tCO2e

14.7 (-2.3)

147th

Central African Republic

53.9 years

3.10/10

1.83 tCO2e

13.7 —

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