The 2021 Happy Planet Index - Happy Planet Index

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2026 Results

RANK

COUNTRY

Life expectancy

Wellbeing

Ecological footprint

HPI SCORE and change since 2021

1st

81.2 years

7.60/10

2.62 gha

68.3 (+9.3)

2nd

72.9 years

6.70/10

1.79 gha

60.7 (+0.9)

3rd

72.1 years

6.00/10

1.03 gha

60.7 (+7.2)

4th

Spain

84.0 years

6.60/10

3.18 gha

60.6 (+2.6)

5th

Colombia

78.1 years

6.00/10

1.85 gha

60.6 (+9.3)

130th

Botswana

69.4 years

3.50/10

2.15 gha

37.0 (+0.1)

131st

Chad

55.4 years

4.40/10

1.17 gha

36.2 (+1.3)

132nd

62.2 years

3.30/10

0.97 gha

36.1 (-0.7)

133rd

Zimbabwe

63.3 years

3.10/10

1.24 gha

34.7 (+2.1)

134th

Mongolia

72.2 years

6.10/10

7.53 gha

34.2 (+5)

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