PERCEPTIONS ON HAPPINESS IN 2012

Question: So far as you are concerned, do you personally feel happy, unhappy
or neither happy nor un-happy about your life? (Reference Q# 3 of the EOY:
2011 Questionnaire, see Methods Section)

Global Average* Happy: 53 Unhappy: 13 Neither: 31 Don’t Know: 2

1 Afghanistan Happy: 52 Unhappy: 17 Neither: 29
Don’t Know: 1
2 Argentina Happy: 67 Unhappy: 6 Neither: 27 Don’t
Know: 0
3 Armenia Happy: 70 Unhappy: 10 Neither: 18 Don’t
Know: 2
4 Australia Happy: 55 Unhappy: 17 Neither: 27 Don’t
Know: 1
5 Austria Happy: 59 Unhappy: 7 Neither: 32 Don’t
Know: 2
6 Azerbaijan Happy: 58 Unhappy: 4 Neither: 36 Don’t
Know: 2
7 Belgium Happy: 53 Unhappy: 7 Neither: 37 Don’t
Know: 2
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Happy: 53 Unhappy: 17
Neither: 29 Don’t Know: 1
9 Brazil Happy: 76 Unhappy: 13 Neither: 10 Don’t
Know: 0
10 Bulgaria Happy: 36 Unhappy: 7 Neither: 51 Don’t
Know: 6
11 Cameroon Happy: 51 Unhappy: 9 Neither: 38 Don’t
Know: 1
12 Canada Happy: 60 Unhappy: 13 Neither: 26 Don’t
Know: 2
13 China Happy: 41 Unhappy: 17 Neither: 41 Don’t
Know: 1
14 Colombia Happy: 74 Unhappy: 3 Neither: 22 Don’t
Know: 1
15 Czech Republic Happy: 41 Unhappy: 12 Neither: 46
Don’t Know: 1
16 Denmark Happy: 73 Unhappy: 8 Neither: 18 Don’t
Know: 1
17 Ecuador Happy: 63 Unhappy: 6 Neither: 30 Don’t
Know: 1
18 Egypt Happy: 36 Unhappy: 36 Neither: 20 Don’t
Know: 7
19 Fiji Happy: 89 Unhappy: 4 Neither: 7 Don’t
Know: 0
20 Finland Happy: 72 Unhappy: 1 Neither: 27 Don’t
Know: 0
21 France Happy: 48 Unhappy: 8 Neither: 43 Don’t
Know: 0
22 Georgia Happy: 0 Unhappy: 0 Neither: 0 Don’t
Know: 0
23 Germany Happy: 72 Unhappy: 4 Neither: 23 Don’t
Know: 1
24 Ghana Happy: 82 Unhappy: 10 Neither: 5 Don’t
Know: 3
25 Hong Kong Happy: 41 Unhappy: 11 Neither: 48
Don’t Know: 0
26 Iceland Happy: 73 Unhappy: 7 Neither: 19 Don’t
Know: 1
27 India Happy: 51 Unhappy: 14 Neither: 34 Don’t
Know: 1
28 Iraq Happy: 47 Unhappy: 28 Neither: 23 Don’t
Know: 1
29 Ireland Happy: 45 Unhappy: 25 Neither: 30 Don’t
Know: 0
30 Italy Happy: 35 Unhappy: 10 Neither: 53 Don’t
Know: 2
31 Japan Happy: 49 Unhappy: 2 Neither: 40 Don’t
Know: 9
32 Kenya Happy: 46 Unhappy: 26 Neither: 26 Don’t
Know: 1
33 Korea, Rep (South) Happy: 52 Unhappy: 8 Neither:
38 Don’t Know: 1
34 Lebanon Happy: 54 Unhappy: 31 Neither: 15 Don’t
Know: 0
35 Lithuania Happy: 35 Unhappy: 26 Neither: 37
Don’t Know: 1
36 Macedonia Happy: 48 Unhappy: 9 Neither: 41
Don’t Know: 1
37 Malaysia Happy: 65 Unhappy: 3 Neither: 30 Don’t
Know: 3
38 Moldova Happy: 43 Unhappy: 14 Neither: 36 Don’t
Know: 7
39 Netherlands Happy: 81 Unhappy: 4 Neither: 15
Don’t Know: 0
40 Nigeria Happy: 89 Unhappy: 6 Neither: 4 Don’t
Know: 1
41 Pakistan Happy: 40 Unhappy: 10 Neither: 46
Don’t Know: 4
42 Palestine Happy: 31 Unhappy: 25 Neither: 43 Don’t
Know: 1
43 Peru Happy: 63 Unhappy: 7 Neither: 30 Don’t
Know: 1
44 Romania Happy: 28 Unhappy: 39 Neither: 30 Don’t
Know: 3
45 Russian Federation Happy: 39 Unhappy: 8 Neither:
42 Don’t Know: 11
46 Saudi Arabia Happy: 70 Unhappy: 10 Neither: 20
Don’t Know: 1
47 Serbia Happy: 28 Unhappy: 20 Neither: 47 Don’t
Know: 4
48 South Africa Happy: 57 Unhappy: 23 Neither: 19
Don’t Know: 2
49 South Sudan Happy: 62 Unhappy: 15 Neither: 21 Don’t
Know: 2
50 Spain Happy: 68 Unhappy: 13 Neither: 18 Don’t
Know: 1
51 Sweden Happy: 58 Unhappy: 4 Neither: 36 Don’t
Know: 2
52 Switzerland Happy: 81 Unhappy: 5 Neither: 14
Don’t Know: 1
53 Tunisia Happy: 58 Unhappy: 12 Neither: 29 Don’t
Know: 1
54 Turkey Happy: 44 Unhappy: 18 Neither: 37 Don’t
Know: 1
55 Ukraine Happy: 43 Unhappy: 14 Neither: 37 Don’t
Know: 6
56 United States Happy: 53 Unhappy: 20 Neither: 26
Don’t Know: 2
57 Uzbekistan Happy: 65 Unhappy: 3 Neither: 25
Don’t Know: 7
58 Vietnam Happy: 56 Unhappy: 19 Neither: 25 Don’t
Know: 0
Note: Global Average is weighted according to Weighting Scheme explained in
the Methods Chapter

Source: Annual Global Barometer on Hope and Despair conducted by affiliates
of WIN-Gallup International Association.
For further details see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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