Table 2.
Mean composite flourishing, Cantril's ladder score, and each domain of flourishing among top and bottom 25 out of 162 countries according to country ranking for composite flourishing.
| Country | Flourishing | Cantril's ladder | Domain of flourishing, mean (SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Rank | Mean (SD) | Rank | Happiness | Health | Purpose | Character | Social | |
| Top 25 in flourishing rank | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 7.71 (1.32) | 1 | 7.31 (1.67) | 9 | 0.80 (0.17) | 0.75 (0.29) | 0.81 (0.23) | 0.56 (0.31) | 0.93 (0.16) |
| Ireland | 7.67 (1.33) | 2 | 7.07 (1.77) | 15 | 0.77 (0.18) | 0.80 (0.27) | 0.78 (0.24) | 0.55 (0.32) | 0.93 (0.15) |
| Australia | 7.59 (1.37) | 3 | 7.29 (1.71) | 10 | 0.78 (0.18) | 0.74 (0.30) | 0.77 (0.24) | 0.56 (0.30) | 0.93 (0.16) |
| Canada | 7.59 (1.37) | 4 | 7.40 (1.67) | 7 | 0.80 (0.17) | 0.74 (0.30) | 0.81 (0.22) | 0.54 (0.31) | 0.92 (0.17) |
| Uzbekistan | 7.58 (1.31) | 5 | 5.80 (2.14) | 59 | 0.76 (0.18) | 0.78 (0.29) | 0.79 (0.22) | 0.39 (0.33) | 0.94 (0.15) |
| Iceland | 7.55 (1.24) | 6 | 7.45 (1.63) | 6 | 0.81 (0.16) | 0.69 (0.32) | 0.83 (0.21) | 0.48 (0.29) | 0.93 (0.15) |
| Norway | 7.52 (1.31) | 7 | 7.53 (1.57) | 4 | 0.81 (0.16) | 0.73 (0.30) | 0.80 (0.24) | 0.46 (0.31) | 0.95 (0.13) |
| United States | 7.50 (1.49) | 8 | 7.10 (1.93) | 14 | 0.78 (0.19) | 0.73 (0.31) | 0.79 (0.23) | 0.58 (0.31) | 0.88 (0.19) |
| Netherlands | 7.50 (1.34) | 9 | 7.45 (1.30) | 5 | 0.80 (0.15) | 0.75 (0.31) | 0.74 (0.25) | 0.52 (0.29) | 0.94 (0.15) |
| Indonesia | 7.50 (1.33) | 10 | 5.25 (1.92) | 89 | 0.70 (0.17) | 0.81 (0.25) | 0.79 (0.22) | 0.50 (0.35) | 0.87 (0.21) |
| Qatar | 7.49 (1.23) | 11 | 6.55 (2.03) | 27 | 0.74 (0.20) | 0.77 (0.27) | 0.83 (0.19) | 0.48 (0.29) | 0.91 (0.17) |
| Switzerland | 7.46 (1.31) | 12 | 7.55 (1.57) | 3 | 0.78 (0.18) | 0.76 (0.29) | 0.80 (0.23) | 0.44 (0.31) | 0.94 (0.14) |
| Denmark | 7.45 (1.26) | 13 | 7.68 (1.58) | 1 | 0.83 (0.15) | 0.73 (0.30) | 0.77 (0.24) | 0.44 (0.29) | 0.95 (0.13) |
| Thailand | 7.39 (1.26) | 14 | 6.10 (1.96) | 45 | 0.73 (0.19) | 0.77 (0.28) | 0.85 (0.20) | 0.42 (0.30) | 0.87 (0.20) |
| United Kingdom | 7.38 (1.45) | 15 | 6.89 (1.82) | 18 | 0.76 (0.19) | 0.76 (0.29) | 0.73 (0.26) | 0.53 (0.31) | 0.91 (0.18) |
| Austria | 7.38 (1.39) | 16 | 7.23 (1.71) | 11 | 0.76 (0.19) | 0.78 (0.28) | 0.77 (0.24) | 0.45 (0.31) | 0.93 (0.17) |
| United Arab Emirates | 7.36 (1.30) | 17 | 6.85 (2.01) | 20 | 0.75 (0.20) | 0.80 (0.26) | 0.82 (0.21) | 0.45 (0.32) | 0.91 (0.17) |
| Costa Rica | 7.34 (1.33) | 18 | 7.18 (2.16) | 13 | 0.79 (0.19) | 0.75 (0.30) | 0.85 (0.21) | 0.38 (0.32) | 0.90 (0.18) |
| Panama | 7.33 (1.34) | 19 | 6.68 (2.46) | 24 | 0.76 (0.20) | 0.79 (0.28) | 0.85 (0.21) | 0.35 (0.35) | 0.90 (0.19) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7.31 (1.44) | 20 | 6.28 (2.25) | 38 | 0.76 (0.20) | 0.73 (0.30) | 0.80 (0.22) | 0.47 (0.34) | 0.86 (0.22) |
| Sweden | 7.30 (1.29) | 21 | 7.36 (1.63) | 8 | 0.80 (0.17) | 0.74 (0.30) | 0.76 (0.25) | 0.39 (0.29) | 0.94 (0.15) |
| Finland | 7.28 (1.36) | 22 | 7.56 (1.52) | 2 | 0.77 (0.19) | 0.74 (0.30) | 0.78 (0.24) | 0.40 (0.31) | 0.94 (0.15) |
| Paraguay | 7.24 (1.30) | 23 | 5.57 (2.15) | 71 | 0.72 (0.19) | 0.79 (0.28) | 0.83 (0.22) | 0.33 (0.35) | 0.92 (0.17) |
| Puerto Rico | 7.24 (1.63) | 24 | 6.82 (2.68) | 21 | 0.76 (0.23) | 0.68 (0.32) | 0.79 (0.25) | 0.40 (0.33) | 0.90 (0.18) |
| Guatemala | 7.23 (1.40) | 25 | 6.25 (2.63) | 41 | 0.72 (0.22) | 0.75 (0.29) | 0.85 (0.21) | 0.40 (0.35) | 0.88 (0.20) |
| Bottom 25 in flourishing rank | |||||||||
| Gabon | 5.80 (1.57) | 138 | 4.43 (2.17) | 133 | 0.55 (0.22) | 0.64 (0.32) | 0.72 (0.25) | 0.27 (0.26) | 0.69 (0.28) |
| Congo Kinshasa | 5.79 (1.53) | 139 | 4.35 (1.76) | 140 | 0.58 (0.2) | 0.70 (0.31) | 0.68 (0.25) | 0.21 (0.28) | 0.70 (0.27) |
| Greece | 5.76 (1.52) | 140 | 5.53 (2.27) | 74 | 0.60 (0.25) | 0.71 (0.30) | 0.57 (0.26) | 0.17 (0.24) | 0.84 (0.24) |
| Syria | 5.74 (1.09) | 141 | 4.10 (2.47) | 148 | 0.48 (0.23) | 0.72 (0.26) | 0.62 (0.25) | 0.38 (0.27) | 0.67 (0.29) |
| Montenegro | 5.73 (1.78) | 142 | 5.28 (2.21) | 85 | 0.59 (0.25) | 0.67 (0.32) | 0.60 (0.29) | 0.21 (0.27) | 0.79 (0.26) |
| Iraq | 5.73 (1.61) | 143 | 4.71 (2.25) | 119 | 0.52 (0.24) | 0.55 (0.33) | 0.62 (0.26) | 0.33 (0.29) | 0.75 (0.27) |
| Madagascar | 5.71 (1.44) | 144 | 3.98 (1.80) | 158 | 0.56 (0.20) | 0.65 (0.30) | 0.66 (0.25) | 0.21 (0.30) | 0.77 (0.25) |
| Palestine | 5.71 (1.66) | 145 | 4.62 (2.29) | 122 | 0.55 (0.25) | 0.63 (0.34) | 0.65 (0.25) | 0.20 (0.27) | 0.80 (0.25) |
| Albania | 5.70 (1.74) | 146 | 4.99 (2.36) | 100 | 0.60 (0.25) | 0.64 (0.34) | 0.61 (0.27) | 0.23 (0.28) | 0.75 (0.27) |
| Bosnia Herzegovina | 5.68 (1.80) | 147 | 5.15 (2.22) | 96 | 0.56 (0.25) | 0.64 (0.34) | 0.59 (0.28) | 0.25 (0.28) | 0.76 (0.27) |
| Egypt | 5.67 (1.58) | 148 | 4.45 (2.20) | 130 | 0.52 (0.24) | 0.66 (0.33) | 0.63 (0.23) | 0.24 (0.27) | 0.80 (0.24) |
| Serbia | 5.65 (1.82) | 149 | 5.17 (2.25) | 94 | 0.56 (0.26) | 0.65 (0.34) | 0.60 (0.29) | 0.18 (0.26) | 0.79 (0.26) |
| Tunisia | 5.63 (1.65) | 150 | 4.78 (2.04) | 114 | 0.56 (0.24) | 0.66 (0.32) | 0.65 (0.25) | 0.25 (0.26) | 0.75 (0.28) |
| Georgia | 5.61 (1.80) | 151 | 4.23 (2.01) | 146 | 0.53 (0.25) | 0.60 (0.37) | 0.61 (0.25) | 0.21 (0.26) | 0.74 (0.26) |
| Nagorno Karabakh | 5.55 (1.69) | 152 | 4.86 (1.70) | 110 | 0.54 (0.23) | 0.58 (0.34) | 0.68 (0.24) | 0.23 (0.25) | 0.74 (0.26) |
| Haiti | 5.54 (1.73) | 153 | 3.96 (2.16) | 159 | 0.48 (0.22) | 0.63 (0.33) | 0.63 (0.27) | 0.42 (0.34) | 0.60 (0.31) |
| Benin | 5.53 (1.58) | 154 | 4.00 (2.37) | 155 | 0.55 (0.22) | 0.60 (0.32) | 0.74 (0.24) | 0.24 (0.29) | 0.62 (0·30) |
| Chad | 5.52 (1.60) | 155 | 4.04 (2.12) | 153 | 0.53 (0.21) | 0.61 (0.33) | 0.67 (0.24) | 0.26 (0.30) | 0.68 (0.30) |
| Yemen | 5.50 (1.66) | 156 | 4.00 (2.31) | 156 | 0.51 (0.26) | 0.66 (0.33) | 0.64 (0.23) | 0.19 (0.25) | 0.76 (0.27) |
| Afghanistan | 5.45 (1.85) | 157 | 3.66 (1.85) | 164 | 0.47 (0.23) | 0.69 (0.32) | 0.62 (0.25) | 0.31 (0.30) | 0.63 (0.30) |
| Armenia | 5.40 (1.77) | 158 | 4.52 (2.16) | 125 | 0.51 (0.26) | 0.57 (0.35) | 0.61 (0.27) | 0.23 (0.25) | 0.75 (0.26) |
| Central African Republic | 5.33 (1.55) | 159 | 3.52 (2.10) | 167 | 0.50 (0.22) | 0.57 (0.34) | 0.71 (0.23) | 0.30 (0.31) | 0.62 (0.28) |
| Togo | 5.31 (1.62) | 160 | 3.56 (2.31) | 165 | 0.51 (0.22) | 0.58 (0.32) | 0.72 (0.25) | 0.24 (0.29) | 0.57 (0.31) |
| Burundi | 5.26 (1.63) | 161 | 3.55 (2.04) | 166 | 0.52 (0.22) | 0.69 (0.32) | 0.66 (0.26) | 0.14 (0.25) | 0.58 (0.31) |
| South Sudan | 5.22 (1.80) | 162 | 3.40 (3.08) | 168 | 0.45 (0.26) | 0.51 (0.33) | 0.66 (0.26) | 0.37 (0.34) | 0.60 (0.30) |
Data were pooled across all waves (2009–2019). Scores for composite flourishing and Cantril's Ladder ranged from 0 to 10. Scores for each domain of flourishing ranged from 0 to 1. Higher scores indicate better wellbeing.