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Measures included

Human Development Index

World Happiness Score

Happy Planet Index

Global Peace Index

Life Expectancy

Gini Coefficient

Carbon Footprint

Country Comparison Table

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Country	GDP/capita↓	GDP/capita↕	Human Development↕	World Happiness↕	Happy Planet↕	Global Peace↕	Life Expectancy↕	Gini Coefficient↕	Carbon Footprint↕
Norway	$101,103	$82,655	0.966	7.31	26.8	1.51	83.2	26.1	7.5
United States	$76,399	$80,035	0.927	6.89	20.1	2.44	77.2	41.5	14.9
Iceland	$74,278	$69,779	0.959	7.53	34.1	1.10	83.1	26.1	9.9
Denmark	$67,803	$68,008	0.948	7.58	33.5	1.30	81.6	28.3	5.8
Australia	$64,491	$62,620	0.946	7.06	21.5	1.46	83.4	34.3	14.8
Sweden	$55,685	$60,029	0.952	7.36	30.7	1.30	83.0	27.6	4.5
Canada	$54,966	$57,812	0.936	6.90	24.5	1.33	82.3	33.3	14.2
Finland	$53,655	$57,358	0.940	7.74	31.2	1.26	81.9	27.4	6.8
Germany	$51,383	$63,150	0.942	7.12	28.4	1.38	80.6	31.7	8.1
New Zealand	$48,781	$50,741	0.939	7.12	33.2	1.27	82.3	33.9	6.5
United Kingdom	$46,125	$55,301	0.929	6.94	28.9	1.56	81.3	35.1	5.5
Japan	$33,815	$49,789	0.920	6.13	31.8	1.34	84.3	32.9	8.7
Costa Rica	$13,573	$24,571	0.809	6.61	62.1	1.68	80.3	48.0	1.6
China	$12,720	$23,382	0.788	5.82	25.7	2.00	78.2	38.5	8.0
Brazil	$9,673	$17,208	0.760	6.17	37.5	2.33	75.9	53.4	2.3
South Africa	$6,193	$14,839	0.713	5.53	22.3	2.36	64.9	63.0	7.0
Bhutan	$3,360	$11,456	0.666	5.08	36.4	1.48	71.8	37.4	1.5
India	$2,411	$9,183	0.644	4.04	30.1	2.31	70.2	35.7	1.9
Nigeria	$2,184	$5,765	0.535	4.47	27.9	2.87	62.6	35.1	0.6

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Country Comparison Table

Click any column header to rank countries by that measure. Click again to reverse the order.

Country	GDP/capita↓	GDP/capita↕	Human Development↕	World Happiness↕	Happy Planet↕	Global Peace↕	Life Expectancy↕	Gini Coefficient↕	Carbon Footprint↕
Norway	$101,103	$82,655	0.966	7.31	26.8	1.51	83.2	26.1	7.5
United States	$76,399	$80,035	0.927	6.89	20.1	2.44	77.2	41.5	14.9
Iceland	$74,278	$69,779	0.959	7.53	34.1	1.10	83.1	26.1	9.9
Denmark	$67,803	$68,008	0.948	7.58	33.5	1.30	81.6	28.3	5.8
Australia	$64,491	$62,620	0.946	7.06	21.5	1.46	83.4	34.3	14.8
Sweden	$55,685	$60,029	0.952	7.36	30.7	1.30	83.0	27.6	4.5
Canada	$54,966	$57,812	0.936	6.90	24.5	1.33	82.3	33.3	14.2
Finland	$53,655	$57,358	0.940	7.74	31.2	1.26	81.9	27.4	6.8
Germany	$51,383	$63,150	0.942	7.12	28.4	1.38	80.6	31.7	8.1
New Zealand	$48,781	$50,741	0.939	7.12	33.2	1.27	82.3	33.9	6.5
United Kingdom	$46,125	$55,301	0.929	6.94	28.9	1.56	81.3	35.1	5.5
Japan	$33,815	$49,789	0.920	6.13	31.8	1.34	84.3	32.9	8.7
Costa Rica	$13,573	$24,571	0.809	6.61	62.1	1.68	80.3	48.0	1.6
China	$12,720	$23,382	0.788	5.82	25.7	2.00	78.2	38.5	8.0
Brazil	$9,673	$17,208	0.760	6.17	37.5	2.33	75.9	53.4	2.3
South Africa	$6,193	$14,839	0.713	5.53	22.3	2.36	64.9	63.0	7.0
Bhutan	$3,360	$11,456	0.666	5.08	36.4	1.48	71.8	37.4	1.5
India	$2,411	$9,183	0.644	4.04	30.1	2.31	70.2	35.7	1.9
Nigeria	$2,184	$5,765	0.535	4.47	27.9	2.87	62.6	35.1	0.6

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