Happiness index in Africa 2022, by country

Mauritius was ranked the happiest country in Africa, according to the World Happiness Report for 2023. This island nation scored 5.9 points on a scale from 0 to 10 and ranked 59th among 137 countries globally. Worldwide, Finland is considered to be the happiest country. The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. The measurement of subjective well-being relies on three main indicators: life evaluations, positive emotions, and negative emotions.