Happiness Across East Asia and Oceania 🌏

What We're Showing

The latest country happiness scores for countries in East, Southeast, and South Asia and Oceania from the World Happiness Report 2025, an annual publication that ranks global happiness based on life evaluations, social support, freedom, GDP per capita, and other well-being indicators, using data from the Gallup World Poll and additional sources

The report averages the score from life evaluations per country over a three-year period (2022–2024 for this year’s edition) and ranks from them highest to lowest.

Read the methodology in the Data Sources tab for more information.

Key Takeaways

• Taiwan took the title of East Asia's happiest country this year, surpassing Singapore which held the title in 2023 and 2024. These two countries have alternated over the past 10 years as the region's happiest country.
• Australia and New Zealand continue to have relatively high overall happiness scores, ranking 11th and 12th respectively. Both Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand ranked in the top 10 most livable cities in 2024, according to The Economist.
• Bangladesh has been the region's unhappiest country in recent years. Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh has consistently ranked among the least livable cities in the world.