Comparison with the World Happiness Report

How do real-time mood signals compare with long-term happiness rankings? This page compares Mood2Know country rankings with the World Happiness Report, based on 5,000+ anonymous mood entries collected in March 2026.

Real-time country mood ranks vs adapted World Happiness Report ranks. Each point represents one country with at least 30 responses.

This chart compares the latest World Happiness Report rankings with a real-time mood dataset collected in March 2026.

Each point represents a country with at least 30 responses. Mood scores are aggregated at the country level and converted into ranks. For consistency, World Happiness ranks are recalculated within this subset of countries.

The red guide lines indicate a ±4 rank difference. Most countries fall within this range, suggesting a moderate alignment between official rankings and real-time mood.

A few notable outliers appear, including Finland, Israel, and India, where the gap between long-term happiness rankings and real-time mood is larger.

Country ranking comparison

Data & methodology

Limitations

Source

World Happiness Report: www.worldhappiness.report