Happiness score: life evaluation, three-year average ending in the year shown (World Happiness Report): Japan

The latest reading SOTW holds for Japan is 6.130 score 0 to 10 for 2025, from World Happiness Report.

Source series · Listed tier · Development · Annual · score 0 to 10 · WHR.L.HAPPINESS.A · JPN

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Latest
6.130
score 0 to 10 · 2025
Previous
6.147
score 0 to 10 · 2024
Earliest held
6.059
score 0 to 10 · 2011
Readings shown
14
Every reading SOTW holds

Japan · history

score 0 to 10 · Annual

Source: World Happiness Report. Viewer read 2026-11-13T02:36:35.361Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Happiness score: life evaluation, three-year average ending in the year shown (World Happiness Report): Japan: 14 readings, newest first. Source: World Happiness Report.
PeriodValue (score 0 to 10)
20256.130
20246.147
20236.060
20226.129
20216.039
20205.940
20195.871
20185.886
20175.915
20165.920
20155.921
20145.987
20126.064
20116.059

Source: World Happiness Report. All 14 readings held, 2011 to 2025. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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Source: World Happiness Report, data for Figure 2.1 (Gallup World Poll).

Licence: Publisher states the Figure 2.1 data are available to download for free. Reuse remains subject to the source terms. Publisher page: https://www.worldhappiness.report/data-sharing/