World Happiness Report 2025

John F. Helliwell; Richard Layard; Jeffrey D. Sachs; Jan-Emmanuel De Neve; Lara B. Aknin; Shun Wang

World Happiness Report 2025

In this year’s issue, we focus on the impact of caring and sharing on people’s happiness. Like ‘mercy’ in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, caring is “twice-blessed” – it blesses those who give and those who receive. In this report, we investigate both of these effects: the benefits to the recipients of caring behaviour and the benefits to those who care for others.

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Appendices & Data

Data for Figure 2.1
Chapter 2 ODA Appendix
Chapter 2 Statistical Appendix
Chapter 2 Wallet Appendix
Chapter 3 Appendix
Chapter 4 Appendix
Chapter 6 Appendix
Chapter 7 Appendix
Chapter 8 Appendix
To access data from the Gallup World Poll, please see our data-sharing page.

Editors

John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Lara B. Aknin, and Shun Wang

Citation

Helliwell, J. F., Layard, R., Sachs, J. D., De Neve, J.-E., Aknin, L. B., & Wang, S. (Eds.). (2025). World Happiness Report 2025. University of Oxford: Wellbeing Research Centre.

ISBN

978-1-7348080-8-7