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Table 3 Overall happiness and life satisfaction by country (sorted by overall happiness)

From: The effects of international migration on the well-being of native populations in Europe

Country

Overall happiness

SE

Overall life satisfaction

SE

Denmark (DK)

8.350

0.017

8.497

0.018

Switzerland (CH)

8.121

0.020

8.143

0.023

Finland (FI)

8.032

0.017

7.951

0.018

Norway (NO)

7.951

0.017

7.829

0.019

Luxembourg (LU)

7.911

0.060

7.851

0.070

Sweden (SE)

7.903

0.018

7.892

0.019

Netherlands (NL)

7.816

0.016

7.681

0.018

Belgium (BE)

7.757

0.019

7.452

0.022

Ireland (IE)

7.624

0.025

7.277

0.028

Austria (AT)

7.609

0.033

7.631

0.035

Israel (IL)

7.595

0.042

7.235

0.049

Cyprus (CY)

7.558

0.038

7.258

0.039

Spain (ES)

7.553

0.024

7.267

0.026

United Kingdom (GB)

7.541

0.022

7.135

0.025

France (FR)

7.267

0.023

6.385

0.032

Germany (DE)

7.258

0.020

6.985

0.023

Slovenia (SI)

7.161

0.029

6.853

0.032

Poland (PL)

6.868

0.026

6.462

0.030

Czech Republic (CZ)

6.842

0.031

6.482

0.034

Slovakia (SK)

6.643

0.040

6.215

0.045

Portugal (PT)

6.584

0.037

5.558

0.044

Italy (IT)

6.373

0.058

6.692

0.059

Hungary (HU)

6.275

0.036

5.516

0.037

Turkey (TR)

6.100

0.065

5.974

0.071

Russia (RU)

6.082

0.034

5.390

0.038

Bulgaria (BG)

5.330

0.042

4.517

0.043

Average

7.235

0.031

6.928

0.035