The Happy Planet Index

2021 Results

RANK
COUNTRY
Life expectancy
Wellbeing
Carbon footprint
HPI SCORE and change since 2019
1st
70.4 years
7.10/10
2.62 tCO2e
57.9 (+2.6)
2nd
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
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
53.1 years
3.70/10
3.04 tCO2e
15.6 (+0.1)
146th
61.1 years
3.50/10
10.28 tCO2e
14.7 (-2.3)
147th
53.9 years
3.10/10
1.83 tCO2e
13.7 

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