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)

6th

84.2 years

7.10/10

3.87 gha

60.4 (+1.7)

7th

Ecuador

77.8 years

6.40/10

2.26 gha

60.3 (+9.5)

8th

75.3 years

6.20/10

1.80 gha

59.6 (+4)

9th

Mexico

75.4 years

7.00/10

2.65 gha

59.5 (+9.8)

10th

Brazil

76.2 years

6.70/10

2.44 gha

59.4 (+6.8)

11th

70.1 years

6.40/10

1.37 gha

59.3 (+5)

12th

Honduras

73.2 years

6.30/10

1.78 gha

58.9 (+4.1)

13th

Laos

69.5 years

5.90/10

0.94 gha

58.8 (+8.9)

14th

72.5 years

6.80/10

2.15 gha

58.5 (+4.6)

15th

Albania

80.0 years

6.00/10

2.40 gha

58.3 (+4.8)

16th

Germany

81.7 years

7.00/10

3.78 gha

58.1 (+4.5)

17th

Panama

80.0 years

6.40/10

2.90 gha

58.1 (+0.1)

18th

Vietnam

74.9 years

6.50/10

2.30 gha

58.1 (+6.6)

19th

81.6 years

6.60/10

3.41 gha

57.8 (+1.5)

20th

Norway

83.6 years

7.20/10

4.41 gha

57.6 (-2.5)

21st

Peru

78.1 years

6.00/10

2.32 gha

57.4 (+7.2)

22nd

77.7 years

6.40/10

2.67 gha

57.3 (+7.9)

23rd

Italy

84.0 years

6.70/10

3.97 gha

57.3 (+2.9)

24th

Thailand

76.8 years

6.20/10

2.46 gha

57.1 (+1.8)

25th

72.8 years

6.20/10

1.93 gha

56.6 (+7.4)

26th

Jamaica

71.7 years

6.30/10

1.95 gha

56.3 (+4.6)

27th

75.2 years

4.80/10

0.91 gha

56.3 (+8.3)

28th

Jordan

78.1 years

4.90/10

1.38 gha

55.9 (+9.3)

29th

Dominican Republic

74.0 years

6.30/10

2.30 gha

55.9 (+2.6)

30th

Romania

76.2 years

6.60/10

3.05 gha

55.6 (+6)

31st

Paraguay

74.1 years

6.20/10

2.37 gha

55.3 (+10.2)

32nd

72.7 years

6.30/10

2.30 gha

54.9 (+0.7)

33rd

Japan

85.0 years

6.10/10

3.94 gha

54.6 (+1.4)

34th

Tunisia

76.9 years

5.00/10

1.63 gha

54.3 (+6.7)

35th

Bosnia and Herzegovina

78.2 years

6.90/10

3.88 gha

54.2 (+9)

36th

Sweden

83.6 years

7.20/10

5.05 gha

54.2 (+1.6)

37th

Nepal

70.9 years

5.00/10

0.89 gha

54.0 (+5.2)

38th

Cyprus

82.0 years

6.40/10

4.00 gha

53.8 (+2.5)

39th

France

83.6 years

6.60/10

4.45 gha

53.8 (+2)

40th

Chile

81.5 years

6.20/10

3.76 gha

53.7 (+3.3)

41st

71.4 years

5.60/10

1.66 gha

53.4 (+3.6)

42nd

72.0 years

6.20/10

2.43 gha

53.3 (+5.1)

43rd

82.4 years

7.10/10

5.00 gha

53.3 (+0.9)

44th

Uruguay

78.5 years

6.60/10

3.81 gha

53.2 (+2.3)

45th

Pakistan

67.9 years

5.10/10

0.72 gha

53.1 (+6.2)

46th

Belgium

82.4 years

6.90/10

4.82 gha

53.0 (+3.8)

47th

Poland

79.0 years

7.00/10

4.34 gha

53.0 (+9.5)

48th

Iraq

72.5 years

5.70/10

2.02 gha

52.8 (+4)

49th

Algeria

76.7 years

5.80/10

2.73 gha

52.8 (+4.3)

50th

Finland

82.2 years

7.80/10

5.99 gha

52.5 (+1.5)

51st

China

78.4 years

6.40/10

3.76 gha

52.2 (+1.8)

52nd

77.9 years

4.30/10

1.27 gha

52.1 (+3.1)

53rd

Greece

82.2 years

5.70/10

3.56 gha

51.8 (-2)

54th

Armenia

76.0 years

5.70/10

2.69 gha

51.6 (+3.8)

55th

Serbia

77.1 years

6.90/10

4.25 gha

51.5 (+4.9)

56th

Austria

82.3 years

7.10/10

5.38 gha

51.5 (+3)

57th

64.0 years

5.20/10

0.59 gha

51.1 (+4.4)

58th

Slovakia

78.7 years

6.30/10

4.02 gha

50.8 (+3.1)

59th

Portugal

82.7 years

6.00/10

4.26 gha

50.8 (-0.9)

60th

Slovenia

81.9 years

7.00/10

5.39 gha

50.5 (-0.9)

61st

North Macedonia

77.7 years

5.80/10

3.39 gha

50.3 (+5)

62nd

80.1 years

6.80/10

5.05 gha

50.0 (+3.5)

63rd

Denmark

82.2 years

7.60/10

6.45 gha

49.7 (+1.5)

64th

Morocco

75.7 years

4.70/10

1.87 gha

49.7 (-2.7)

65th

India

72.5 years

4.40/10

1.13 gha

49.6 (+8.6)

66th

Cameroon

64.2 years

5.30/10

1.03 gha

49.3 (+4.9)

67th

Ireland

82.7 years

7.00/10

5.87 gha

49.3 (+0.6)

68th

Malta

83.6 years

6.70/10

5.66 gha

49.1 (-2.8)

69th

82.4 years

7.10/10

6.12 gha

48.9 (+0.8)

70th

Turkey

77.8 years

5.40/10

3.18 gha

48.8 (+6.7)

71st

Uganda

68.7 years

4.60/10

1.06 gha

48.2 (+4.2)

72nd

84.5 years

6.00/10

5.11 gha

48.1 (+0.8)

73rd

Malaysia

77.0 years

6.10/10

4.11 gha

48.1 (+0.4)

74th

Georgia

74.8 years

5.60/10

3.22 gha

48.0 (+5.1)

75th

77.4 years

6.70/10

4.93 gha

47.8 (+2.8)

76th

Bolivia

68.9 years

5.80/10

2.57 gha

47.8 (+8.1)

77th

Moldova

71.5 years

5.80/10

2.96 gha

47.6 (+0.9)

78th

Hungary

77.3 years

5.90/10

4.07 gha

47.6 (+1.3)

79th

Cambodia

71.0 years

4.60/10

1.58 gha

47.4 (+1.8)

80th

75.3 years

6.10/10

3.96 gha

47.3 (-0.8)

81st

Kenya

64.0 years

4.90/10

0.99 gha

47.2 (+5.1)

82nd

Senegal

69.2 years

4.70/10

1.50 gha

47.0 —

83rd

Iran

78.1 years

5.40/10

3.69 gha

46.9 (+6.2)

84th

Egypt

72.0 years

4.20/10

1.36 gha

46.5 (+3.1)

85th

Bulgaria

76.0 years

5.80/10

4.03 gha

46.2 (+5.8)

86th

Croatia

78.9 years

6.00/10

4.76 gha

46.1 (-3.2)

87th

Gabon

68.7 years

5.30/10

2.26 gha

46.1 (+2.5)

88th

Zambia

66.7 years

4.50/10

1.11 gha

45.9 (+11.9)

89th

Iceland

83.2 years

7.50/10

7.65 gha

45.9 (-0.6)

90th

Canada

82.9 years

6.70/10

6.62 gha

45.5 (-2)

91st

Niger

61.7 years

5.10/10

1.17 gha

45.4 (+0.9)

92nd

Lebanon

78.1 years

4.00/10

2.16 gha

45.2 (+15)

93rd

Comoros

67.2 years

4.10/10

0.83 gha

45.2 (+0.1)

94th

62.3 years

5.00/10

1.15 gha

45.1 (+1.1)

95th

79.2 years

7.00/10

6.53 gha

44.9 (+4.5)

96th

Myanmar

67.3 years

4.20/10

1.10 gha

44.7 (+0.8)

97th

Ethiopia

67.9 years

3.90/10

0.88 gha

44.3 (-0.3)

98th

76.3 years

6.70/10

5.71 gha

44.2 (+1.5)

99th

Mali

60.9 years

4.90/10

1.10 gha

43.9 (+6.4)

100th

Congo (Brazzaville)

66.2 years

4.10/10

0.97 gha

43.7 (-3.4)

101st

Tanzania

67.4 years

3.90/10

0.97 gha

43.6 (+2.6)

102nd

64.0 years

4.10/10

0.67 gha

43.6 (+0.6)

103rd

84.2 years

6.90/10

7.75 gha

43.3 (-1.1)

104th

Libya

73.2 years

5.60/10

3.95 gha

43.3 (+1)

105th

United States of America

79.6 years

7.00/10

7.05 gha

43.2 (+2.8)

106th

74.7 years

6.80/10

5.84 gha

43.2 (+4.7)

107th

Ghana

65.9 years

4.80/10

1.90 gha

43.2 (+4.2)

108th

Gambia

66.3 years

3.90/10

0.90 gha

43.2 (-2.3)

109th

68.9 years

4.50/10

2.01 gha

43.1 (-0.6)

110th

Somalia

59.1 years

4.70/10

0.80 gha

42.5 (+1.2)

111th

United Arab Emirates

83.2 years

6.90/10

7.98 gha

42.4 (+2.5)

112th

Congo (Kinshasa)

62.2 years

4.10/10

0.65 gha

42.4 (+1.9)

113th

61.5 years

4.60/10

1.14 gha

42.2 (+0.5)

114th

Bahrain

81.6 years

6.70/10

7.41 gha

42.1 (+3.3)

115th

Kuwait

80.8 years

6.40/10

6.87 gha

41.8 (+1.6)

116th

Malawi

67.7 years

3.40/10

0.78 gha

41.7 (+1.1)

117th

Estonia

79.5 years

6.30/10

6.67 gha

41.5 (-2.5)

118th

Togo

63.1 years

4.10/10

1.07 gha

41.1 (+1.3)

119th

Latvia

76.5 years

6.50/10

6.52 gha

41.1 (+4.6)

120th

Benin

61.1 years

4.30/10

1.04 gha

40.9 (+0.6)

121st

Namibia

67.7 years

4.60/10

2.42 gha

40.6 (+4.5)

122nd

66.5 years

4.60/10

2.56 gha

39.4 (-0.3)

123rd

Nigeria

54.8 years

4.60/10

0.74 gha

38.7 (+2)

124th

Liberia

62.5 years

4.10/10

1.45 gha

38.4 (-1.1)

125th

Eswatini

64.4 years

4.10/10

1.82 gha

38.2 (+0.3)

126th

Lesotho

58.2 years

4.40/10

1.23 gha

38.2 (+0.8)

127th

84.0 years

6.60/10

9.27 gha

38.2 (-0.5)

128th

Guinea

61.1 years

4.40/10

1.75 gha

37.7 (-1.1)

129th

82.5 years

7.10/10

10.12 gha

37.4 (+0.6)

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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