Israel’s Rank on World Happiness Index
(2024)
The annual report — compiled by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network — ranked 109 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 2024 report, the top-ranked nation was again Finland. Israel was ranked 5th. By comparison, the United States ranked 23rd and the Palestinian Territories (inaccurately referred to as the State of Palestine) 99th.
2024 | 5 |
2023 | 4 |
2022 | 9 |
2021 | 11 |
2020 | 11 |
2017-19 | 14 |
2016-18
|
13 |
2015-17
|
11 |
2016
|
12 |
2013-15
|
11 |
2012-14
|
11 |
2010-12
|
11 |
2012
|
9 |
Source: World Happiness Reports, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, (March 2024).