Happiness rankings The net happiness statistic for this 50-country survey* was measuredby the percentage of people who rated themselves as "quite" or "very"happy, minus the percentage of people who rated themselves as "notvery" or "not at all" happy. 1. Iceland 94% 2. Netherlands 91% 3. Sweden 91% 4. Denmark 91% 5. Australia 90% 6. Switzerland 89% 7. Ireland 89% 8. Norway 88% 9. Venezuela 87% 10. United Kingdom 87% 13. United States 84% 14. France 84% 29. China 49% 31. Mexico 48% 36. India 40% 46. Russia 2% 50. Bulgaria -24% * Germany was not included in this ranking. Source: World Values Survey via NationMaster.com