Visualizing Happiness Across the Americas 🌎

What We're Showing

The latest country happiness scores for countries in North, Central, and South America 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

• Costa Rica rose from #12 to #6, marking the highest ranking ever for a Latin American country and highest ranking non-European country in this year’s report.
• Venezuela (#82) remains the least happy country in South America amid ongoing economic crisis, political turmoil, and large-scale emigration.
• The U.S. has seen a steady decline in its happiness ranking over the years, dropping from 11th in 2011 to 24th in 2025, its lowest-ever spot. In 2024, the U.S. dropped out of the world's 20 happiest countries for the first time since the report began 12 years ago.