Data 2006

	Average happiness	Inequality happiness	Technical quality	Democratic quality	Government consumption	Government expenditures
Albania	4.74	1.81	−0.49	−0.19	9.11	75.6
Algeria	5.91	1.97	−0.55	−0.97	4.02	74.4
Angola	4.46	1.78	−1.21	−0.82	1.69	40.1
Argentina	6.27	2.01	−0.44	0.19	6.66	81.5
Armenia	4.21	1.99	−0.28	−0.47	7.76	90.7
Australia	7.42	1.46	1.84	1.12	4.64	62.2
Austria	7.12	1.80	1.78	1.22	4.57	23.2
Azerbaijan	4.80	1.59	−0.77	−1.09	5.91	77.8
Bangladesh	4.31	1.76	−0.93	−0.98	9.72	94.4
Belarus	5.66	1.77	−1.22	−0.84		33.2
Belgium	7.39	1.43	1.50	1.09	2.96	26.8
Benin	3.52	1.63	−0.52	0.33	7.75	86.6
Bolivia	5.36	1.81	−0.78	−0.43	6.21	68.1
Bosnia & H.	5.06	2.36	−0.46	−0.16	5.59	47.8
Botswana	4.63	2.07	0.67	0.90	0.00	50.5
Brazil	6.51	2.62	−0.20	0.15	4.46	71.7
Bulgaria	3.77	1.91	0.10	0.51	5.86	49.8
Burkina F.	3.80	1.56	−0.54	−0.18	5.55	87.3
Burma/My.	5.32	1.46	−1.73	−1.51		97.3
Burundi	4.38	1.40	−1.15	−1.22	4.61	62.6
Cambodia	3.63	1.68	−0.97	−0.64		90.9
Cameroon	3.92	1.86	−0.90	−0.64	8.02	93.0
Canada	7.40	1.56	1.86	1.21	4.24	53.4
Chad	3.44	1.76	−1.25	−1.64	8.90	85.2
Chile	6.24	2.19	1.27	0.84	7.21	87.5
China	4.77	1.95	−0.34	−1.02	3.72	86.0
Colombia	5.95	2.44	−0.17	−0.95	5.16	68.3
Costa Rica	7.04	2.11	0.39	0.90	6.68	85.2
Croatia	5.77	2.15	0.23	0.49		23.2
Cuba	5.45	2.11	−0.82	−0.90	3.99	0.0
Cyprus	6.19	2.10	1.06	0.80	5.17	48.3
Czech R.	6.42	2.03	0.79	0.92	2.73	36.8
Denmark	8.00	1.35	2.13	1.23	1.63	9.3
Dom. R.	5.13	3.02	−0.43	0.14	9.45	90.1
Ecuador	5.10	2.31	−0.99	−0.62	7.52	84.5
Egypt	5.23	2.63	−0.40	−1.10	7.41	72.1
El Salvador	5.60	2.23	−0.22	−0.04	9.05	92.2
Estonia	5.36	1.69	1.12	0.92	4.64	57.4
Ethiopia	3.83	1.75	−0.68	−1.45	7.93	61.3
Finland	7.61	1.44	2.10	1.51	3.04	24.4
France	7.01	1.66	1.31	0.91	3.11	11.2
Georgia	3.62	1.95	−0.33	−0.53	6.97	90.8
Germany	6.58	1.80	1.69	1.16	4.72	31.7
Ghana	4.86	1.87	−0.06	0.36	7.55	74.8
Greece	6.35	2.27	0.61	0.75	6.69	53.9
Guatemala	6.01	2.08	−0.66	−0.5	9.82	94.6
Haiti	3.76	1.84	−1.30	−1.16	9.13	93.2
Honduras	5.34	2.71	−0.67	−0.37	7.34	78.5
Hong Kong	5.67	1.82	1.73	0.89	8.10	87.9
Hungary	5.23	2.04	0.82	0.96	7.83	27.1
India	5.97	2.05	−0.09	−0.27	6.84	74.6
Indonesia	4.98	1.70	−0.58	−0.73	8.21	86.0
Iran	5.29	1.98	−0.90	−1.43	5.51	85.1
Ireland	7.24	1.83	1.72	1.24	4.00	64.7
Israel	7.16	1.85	0.99	−0.23	2.09	28.3
Italy	6.97	1.73	0.51	0.75	4.26	29.1
Jamaica	6.21	1.91	−0.14	0.18	6.13	54.4
Japan	6.49	1.79	1.36	0.99	4.82	58.3
Jordan	6.30	2.01	0.33	−0.63	5.94	58.3
Kazakhstan	5.49	1.80	−0.70	−0.49	6.38	83.9
Kenya	4.36	1.70	−0.69	−0.57	6.48	82.6
Korea. R.	5.68	2.17	0.71	0.50		77.6
Kosovo	4.97	1.94
Kuwait	6.03	1.63	0.55	−0.02	1.98	57.1
Kyrgyzstan	4.58	1.75	−0.93	−1.00	6.96	81.3
Laos	5.11	0.85	−1.01	−0.82		89.4
Latvia	4.73	1.65	0.67	0.86	5.71	51.0
Lebanon	5.51	2.26	−0.50	−1.18		54.6
Lithuania	5.93	1.83	0.62	0.91	5.40	63.9
Macedonia	4.51	2.17	−0.26	−0.26	6.14	65.1
Madagascar	4.01	1.41	−0.30	0.00	8.77	88.6
Malawi	4.13	2.12	−0.67	−0.15	7.24	60.0
Malaysia	6.08	1.59	0.59	−0.11	5.59	75.1
Mali	4.01	1.61	−0.44	0.14	7.99	84.8
Mauritania	5.20	1.93	−0.56	−0.44	4.56	70.0
Mexico	6.74	2.16	−0.09	−0.22	7.42	82.1
Moldova. R.	4.93	1.89	−0.62	−0.48	6.95	66.1
Montenegro	5.22	2.33	−0.46	−0.13	6.02
Morocco	4.59	1.96	−0.15	−0.47	4.47	72.8
Mozambique	4.61	1.78	−0.49	0.23	8.00	73.4
Nepal	4.55	1.55	−0.68	−1.61	8.52	92.3
The Netherlands	7.56	1.15	1.85	1.17	1.49	29.1
New Zealand	7.44	1.68	1.96	1.40	4.69	54.8
Nicaragua	4.80	2.70	−0.74	−0.28	8.29	78.1
Niger	3.80	1.61	−0.81	−0.33	6.08	90.9
Nigeria	4.73	1.78	−1.05	−1.27	0.91	56.9
Norway	7.46	1.60	1.90	1.36	2.29	34.9
Pakistan	6.12	2.38	−0.66	−1.50	8.07	89.5
Palestina	4.78	2.32
Panama	6.20	2.33	−0.01	0.31	7.42	88.0
Paraguay	4.86	1.95	−0.90	−0.50	8.26	90.8
Peru	4.93	2.21	−0.38	−0.46	7.81	75.6
Philippines	4.73	2.26	−0.36	−0.72	8.18	88.9
Poland	5.85	2.08	0.40	0.56	4.89	39.5
Portugal	5.43	2.18	0.98	1.08	4.70	29.7
Puerto Rico	6.62	2.71	0.73	1.01
Romania	5.28	2.29	−0.01	0.33	7.15	68.9
Russian F.	5.00	2.03	−0.70	−0.89	3.98	63.5
Rwanda	4.34	1.55	−0.42	−0.89	7.73	82.6
Saudi Arabia	7.06	1.83	−0.06	−1.16		69.3
Senegal	4.58	1.49	−0.33	−0.10	8.57	84.4
Serbia	4.62	2.03	−0.39	−0.28	5.52
Sierra L.	3.88	1.78	−1.10	−0.45	7.86	68.9
Singapore	6.56	1.27	1.99	0.46	5.29	89.6
Slovak R.	5.16	1.96	0.70	0.89	4.36	52.5
Slovenia	5.93	1.95	0.91	1.08	4.03	44.3
South Africa	5.37	2.10	0.51	0.41	4.79	78.6
Spain	7.13	1.75	1.09	0.59	4.79	50.5
Sri Lanka	4.34	1.77	−0.12	−0.95	8.56	83.1
Sweden	7.38	1.63	1.92	1.30	1.12	2.2
Switzerland	7.45	1.70	1.94	1.50	7.13	61.1
Taiwan	6.30	1.84	0.83	0.64	6.67	84.0
Tajikistan	4.57	1.56	−1.02	−1.34		89.1
Tanzania	4.04	1.66	−0.44	−0.15	6.11	88.1
Thailand	5.96	1.67	0.05	−0.77	6.72	92.1
Togo	3.24	1.73	−1.17	−1.01	9.09	94.4
Trinidad Tob.	5.78	2.41	0.14	0.22	5.75	81.1
Turkey	4.67	2.34	0.08	−0.39	6.91	68.1
Uganda	4.04	1.72	−0.46	−0.88	7.09	83.7
Ukraine	4.88	1.96	−0.60	−0.12	4.70	75.8
United Arab Emirates	6.72	1.87	0.77	−0.10	6.62	76.1
United Kingdom	6.97	1.63	1.85	1.00	4.17	43.5
United States	7.26	1.89	1.53	0.75	6.32	61.1
Uruguay	5.60	2.30	0.49	0.88	7.91	45.8
Uzbekistan	5.22	1.94	−1.29	−1.81		52.2
Venezuela	7.17	2.55	−1.08	−0.83	6.17	76.8
Vietnam	5.33	1.36	−0.56	−0.58	9.25	74.8
Yemen	4.55	1.93	−0.86	−1.19		56.2
Zambia	4.92	1.84	−0.67	−0.01	7.44	71.0
Zimbabwe	3.76	1.97	−1.59	−1.28	2.98	82.7