Average life satisfaction
The average answer of people aged 16 or over to the question of how satisfied they are with their life as a whole, on a scale from 0 (not at all satisfied) to 10 (completely satisfied).
31 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Average rating, 0 to 10. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Austria | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.7 out of 10 | 7.0 out of 10 |
| 2024 | 7.6 out of 10 | 7.0 out of 10 |
| 2023 | 7.7 out of 10 | 7.0 out of 10u (low reliability) |
| 2022 | 7.9 out of 10 | 6.5 out of 10u (low reliability) |
| 2021 | 8.0 out of 10 | not availableu (low reliability) |
| 2018 | 8.0 out of 10 | 7.4 out of 10 |
| 2013 | 7.8 out of 10 | 7.3 out of 10 |
Flags: u low reliability . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 31 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Finland (7.8 out of 10) and the lowest Türkiye (5.7 out of 10).
- Half of the countries are above 7.4 out of 10 and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 16 countries and fell in 3.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.2 out of 10.
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Finland 7.8 out of 10
- 2 Romania 7.8 out of 10
- 3 Austria 7.7 out of 10
- 4 Denmark 7.7 out of 10
- 5 Norway 7.7 out of 10
- 6 Poland 7.7 out of 10u (low reliability)
- 7 Belgium 7.6 out of 10
- 8 Ireland 7.6 out of 10
- 9 Malta 7.6 out of 10
- 10 Netherlands 7.6 out of 10
- 11 Slovenia 7.6 out of 10
- 12 Croatia 7.4 out of 10
- 13 Cyprus 7.4 out of 10
- 14 Czechia 7.4 out of 10
- 15 Luxembourg 7.4 out of 10b (break in time series)
- 16 Slovakia 7.4 out of 10
- 17 Sweden 7.4 out of 10
- 18 Estonia 7.3 out of 10
- 19 Lithuania 7.3 out of 10p (provisional)
- 20 Portugal 7.3 out of 10u (low reliability)
- 21 Spain 7.2 out of 10
- 22 France 7.1 out of 10u (low reliability)
- 23 Hungary 7.1 out of 10u (low reliability)
- 24 Italy 7.1 out of 10
- 25 Germany 7.0 out of 10
- 26 Greece 6.9 out of 10
- 27 Latvia 6.9 out of 10
- 28 Serbia 6.6 out of 10
- 29 Albania 6.5 out of 10
- 30 Bulgaria 6.3 out of 10
- 31 Türkiye 5.7 out of 10
- European Union 7.2 out of 10
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.