Israel’s Rank on World Happiness Index
(2025)
The annual report — compiled by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network — ranked 147 nations by “how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be.” The World Happiness Report rankings are based on six key areas: gross domestic product per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and absence of corruption. In the 2025 report, the top-ranked nation was again Finland. Israel was ranked 8th. By comparison, the United States ranked 24th and the Palestinian Territories (inaccurately referred to as the State of Palestine) 108th.
| 2025 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2017-19 | 14 |
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2016-18
|
13 |
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2015-17
|
11 |
|
2016
|
12 |
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2013-15
|
11 |
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2012-14
|
11 |
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2010-12
|
11 |
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2012
|
9 |
Source: World Happiness Reports, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, (March 2025).
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