Average life satisfaction by country, 2025

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 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Finland (7.8 out of 10). Lowest: Türkiye (5.7 out of 10). The median is 7.4 out of 10.

Unit: average rating, 0 to 10 Source: Eurostat Trend, map and download

Highest 10

  1. 1. Finland 7.8 out of 10
  2. 2. Romania 7.8 out of 10
  3. 3. Austria 7.7 out of 10
  4. 4. Denmark 7.7 out of 10
  5. 5. Norway 7.7 out of 10
  6. 6. Poland 7.7 out of 10u (low reliability)
  7. 7. Belgium 7.6 out of 10
  8. 8. Ireland 7.6 out of 10
  9. 9. Malta 7.6 out of 10
  10. 10. Netherlands 7.6 out of 10

Lowest 10

  1. 31. Türkiye 5.7 out of 10
  2. 30. Bulgaria 6.3 out of 10
  3. 29. Albania 6.5 out of 10
  4. 28. Serbia 6.6 out of 10
  5. 27. Latvia 6.9 out of 10
  6. 26. Greece 6.9 out of 10
  7. 25. Germany 7.0 out of 10
  8. 24. Italy 7.1 out of 10
  9. 23. Hungary 7.1 out of 10u (low reliability)
  10. 22. France 7.1 out of 10u (low reliability)

Source: Eurostat.

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.

Full ranking

Average life satisfaction by country, 2025
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 Finland 7.8 out of 10 2025
2 Romania 7.8 out of 10 2025
3 Austria 7.7 out of 10 2025
4 Denmark 7.7 out of 10 2025
5 Norway 7.7 out of 10 2025
6 Poland 7.7 out of 10u (low reliability) 2025
7 Belgium 7.6 out of 10 2025
8 Ireland 7.6 out of 10 2025
9 Malta 7.6 out of 10 2025
10 Netherlands 7.6 out of 10 2025
11 Slovenia 7.6 out of 10 2025
12 Croatia 7.4 out of 10 2025
13 Cyprus 7.4 out of 10 2025
14 Czechia 7.4 out of 10 2025
15 Luxembourg 7.4 out of 10b (break in time series) 2025
16 Slovakia 7.4 out of 10 2025
17 Sweden 7.4 out of 10 2025
18 Estonia 7.3 out of 10 2025
19 Lithuania 7.3 out of 10p (provisional) 2025
20 Portugal 7.3 out of 10u (low reliability) 2025
21 Spain 7.2 out of 10 2025
22 France 7.1 out of 10u (low reliability) 2025
23 Hungary 7.1 out of 10u (low reliability) 2025
24 Italy 7.1 out of 10 2025
25 Germany 7.0 out of 10 2025
26 Greece 6.9 out of 10 2025
27 Latvia 6.9 out of 10 2025
28 Serbia 6.6 out of 10 2025
29 Albania 6.5 out of 10 2025
30 Bulgaria 6.3 out of 10 2025
31 Türkiye 5.7 out of 10 2025

Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.

How this ranking works

Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.

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