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Global Wellbeing Index 2010 - Country Rankings
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SOURCE: Gallup Global Wellbeing Survey, Gallup World Poll, 2005-2009.
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Gallup's Thriving, Struggling, and Suffering indexes measure respondents’ perceptions of where they stand now and in the future.

See explanation in the Notes below the table.

Gallup Global Wellbeing Index by country 2010
Countries ranked by % thriving


Rank
--------
Country
----------------------- 		%
Thriving
--------------- 		%
Struggling
---------------- 		%
Suffering
---------------- 		Daily
Experience
-----------------
1 Denmark 82 17 1 7.9
2 Finland 75 23 2 7.8
3 Norway 69 31 0 7.9
4 Sweden 68 30 2 7.9
5 Netherlands 68 32 1 7.7
6 Costa Rica 63 35 2 8.1
7 New Zealand 63 35 2 7.6
8 Canada 62 36 2 7.6
9 Israel 62 35 3 6.4
10 Australia 62 35 3 7.5
11 Switzerland 62 36 2 7.6
12 Panama 58 39 3 8.4
13 Brazil 58 40 2 7.5
14 United States 57 40 3 7.3
15 Austria 57 40 3 7.7
16 Belgium 56 41 3 7.3
17 United Kingdom 54 44 2 7.4
18 Mexico 52 43 5 7.7
19 Turkmenistan 52 47 1 7.5
20 United Arab Emirates 51 48 1 7.7
21 Venezuela 50 48 2 8.0
22 Ireland 49 49 2 7.5
23 Puerto Rico 47 45 8 7.6
24 Kuwait 47 50 3 7.0
25 Iceland 47 49 4 8.2
26 Colombia 46 47 7 7.7
27 Jamaica 46 49 5 7.7
28 Cyprus 45 50 5 6.6
29 Luxembourg 45 54 1 7.3
30 Trinidad and Tobago 44 51 5 7.9
31 Argentina 44 50 6 7.8
32 Belize 44 50 6 6.8
33 Germany 43 50 7 7.4
34 El Salvador 42 51 7 7.7
35 Chile 41 52 7 7.3
36 Uruguay 41 54 5 7.5
37 Qatar 41 58 1 6.8
38 Guatemala 40 50 10 7.7
39 Malta 40 48 12 6.6
40 Czech Republic 39 51 9 6.6
41 Italy 39 54 7 7.1
42 Honduras 37 49 14 7.5
43 Spain 36 58 6 7.0
44 Dominican Republic 35 54 11 7.3
45 France 35 60 6 7.0
46 Bolivia 34 59 7 7.0
47 Ecuador 34 52 15 7.6
48 Paraguay 32 59 9 8.3
49 Bahrain 32 45 23 7.0
50 Guyana 31 64 5 7.0
51 Greece 31 57 11 7.0
52 Nicaragua 30 53 17 7.4
53 Jordan 30 61 8 6.7
54 Belarus 29 59 12 6.5
55 Kosovo 29 65 6 6.2
56 South Korea 28 61 12 6.9
57 Poland 28 61 10 7.1
58 Saudi Arabia 27 69 3 6.7
59 Pakistan 27 50 23 6.2
60 Slovenia 27 57 16 6.8
61 Croatia 26 60 14 6.2
62 Montenegro 26 58 16 6.2
63 Malawi 25 64 10 8.0
64 Peru 25 65 11 7.2
65 Moldova 25 62 13 6.1
66 Lithuania 25 57 18 6.2
67 Libya* 24 68 8 6.0
68 Botswana* 24 65 11 7.3
69 Cuba* 24 66 11 6.7
70 Kazakhstan 22 72 6 7.2
71 Taiwan 22 64 14 7.5
72 Portugal 22 61 17 7.1
73 South Africa 21 71 8 7.3
74 Lebanon 21 64 15 6.3
75 Russia 21 57 22 7.0
76 Ukraine 21 53 26 6.6
77 Romania 21 56 23 6.6
78 Slovakia 21 60 19 6.5
79 Thailand 20 75 5 8.0
80 Bosnia+Herzegovina 20 59 20 6.2
81 Iran 19 66 14 6.3
82 Hong Kong 19 65 16 7.1
83 Singapore 19 75 6 6.9
84 Japan 19 69 12 7.4
85 Somaliland 18 77 5 7.1
86 Algeria 18 77 6 6.7
87 Nigeria 18 78 4 7.3
88 Uzbekistan 18 75 6 7.8
89 Indonesia 18 72 10 8.2
90 Estonia 17 62 21 6.8
91 Myanmar* 16 82 2 7.1
92 Bangladesh 16 71 13 6.9
93 Serbia 16 63 21 6.2
94 Malaysia 15 80 5 8.1
95 Philippines 15 68 18 7.2
96 Cameroon 14 77 9 7.0
97 Tunisia 14 77 9 6.8
98 Zambia 14 78 8 7.6
99 Yemen 14 62 24 6.3
100 Vietnam 14 76 10 6.9
101 Palestinian Territ. 14 70 15 5.8
102 Macedonia 14 54 32 6.8
103 Turkey 13 67 20 6.0
104 Kyrgyzstan 13 81 7 7.3
105 Azerbaijan 13 70 17 6.6
106 Hungary 13 53 34 6.9
107 Albania 13 67 19 5.6
108 Central African Rep. 12 75 13 6.4
109 Ethiopia 12 67 21 6.4
110 Namibia 11 79 10 8.1
111 Angola 11 81 8 6.8
112 Armenia 11 55 33 5.9
113 Iraq 11 71 18 5.2
114 Latvia 11 64 25 6.5
115 Mozambique 10 78 11 7.2
116 Egypt 10 71 19 6.1
117 Mauritania 10 83 7 7.2
118 Zimbabwe 10 73 17 7.3
119 Morocco 10 80 10 7.0
120 Sri Lanka 10 66 24 6.9
121 India 10 69 21 6.9
122 Syria 10 66 24 6.8
123 Georgia 10 56 35 6.2
124 Afghanistan 10 69 21 6.2
125 Kenya 9 78 13 7.5
126 Ghana 9 83 8 7.5
127 China 9 77 14 7.6
128 Congo (Brazzaville) 8 73 20 6.9
129 Guinea 8 89 3 7.1
130 Sudan 7 81 12 7.4
131 Djibouti 7 86 8 7.5
132 Madagascar 7 84 10 7.0
133 Nepal 7 82 11 7.4
134 Mongolia 7 81 12 7.0
135 Laos 7 89 4 7.1
136 Tajikistan 7 74 19 6.5
137 Uganda 6 71 23 6.8
138 Tanzania 6 70 24 7.5
139 Senegal 6 88 6 7.3
140 Bulgaria 6 58 36 6.5
141 Chad 5 88 7 7.1
142 Liberia 5 90 5 6.7
143 Mali 5 77 18 8.0
144 Ivory Coast 4 84 12 7.2
145 D R Congo 4 85 11 6.4
146 Benin 4 80 16 6.7
147 Haiti 4 60 35 6.2
148 Niger 3 86 11 7.9
149 Rwanda 3 75 22 7.8
150 Burkina Faso 3 71 26 6.5
151 Sierra Leone 3 74 23 6.3
152 Cambodia 3 75 22 7.6
153 Comoros 2 75 23 7.7
154 Burundi 2 58 40 7.5
155 Togo 1 67 31 5.0

*Limited urban samples only.

NOTES:

Gallup’s global wellbeing metrics are the first comprehensive measure of the behavioral economics of gross national wellbeing, which lays the foundation for all other measures of a country’s economic strength. With ongoing research projects in more than 150 countries, Gallup is a leader in the collection and analysis of global data and measurements.

Gallup asks ordinary individuals for their thoughts and opinions on several topics, including economics, religion, migration, and wellbeing. Gallup’s data provide sound evidence on many issues that more than 98% of the world’s adult population faces.

The table shows life evaluation estimates of the percentage “thriving,” “struggling,” and “suffering” in countries and regions across the world. Gallup’s Thriving, Struggling, and Suffering indexes measure respondents’ perceptions of where they stand now and in the future. Based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale, Gallup measures life satisfaction by asking respondents to rate their present and future lives on a “ladder” scale with steps numbered from 0 to 10, where “0” indicates the worst possible life and “10” the best possible life. Individuals who rate their current lives a “7” or higher and their future an “8” or higher are considered thriving. Individuals are suffering if they report their current and future lives as a “4” or lower. All other individuals are considered struggling.

The table also includes daily wellbeing averages (0-10 scoring) based on responses to 10 items measuring daily experiences (feeling well-rested, being treated with respect, smiling/laughter, learning/interest, enjoyment, physical pain, worry, sadness, stress, and anger). Each daily experience is scored dichotomously with higher scores representing better days (more positive and less negative daily experience or affect).





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