There are a lot of different approaches to measure happiness levels in a given country and, of course, they are all imperfect. These two recent studies seem interesting though: According to the latest Gallup, these are the happiest countries:
% Thriving in 3+ Elements of Well-being
- Panama 61
- Costa Rica 44
- Denmark 40
- Austria 39
- Brazil 39
- Uruguay 37
- El Salvador 37
- Sweden 36
- Guatemala 34
- Canada 34
And these lists are by the UC Berkeley professors, teaching “Science of Happiness” EdX MOOC:
Subjective Happiness
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Chile
- Malaysia
- Colombia
Life Satisfaction
- Costa Rica
- Chile
- Thailand
- Colombia
- Switzerland
Flourishing
- Costa Rica
- Chile
- Thailand
- Colombia
- Switzerland
If you want, you can also view complete lists.