Learn
The Happy Planet Index reveals the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered
The index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happy lives. Learn about the ideas behind the HPI, how it is calculated, why we need it and what it can teach us.
Explore
Examine overall HPI scores across the globe and discover how scores have changed over time
Improved data for 143 countries around the world, representing 99 per cent of the world’s population, has been used to compile HPI 2.0. Explore the results of the global index, as well as the index for Europe, and look at how scores for OECD nations have changed over time.
Engage
Sign up to support the Happy Planet Charter, calculate your own HPI score and add your ideas
Join the broad range of organisations and individuals showing their support for happy planet living by signing up for the new Happy Planet Charter. Take the online survey to produce your own HPI score and add your ideas to help create true sustainable well-being worldwide.
Recent News
The world according to HPI
Every wondered what the world would look like if countries were scaled according to their HPI? Some people from the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield did, and have come up with this map.
HPI in Time Magazine
Yet another article about the HPI this weekend, in Time magazine.
Chief statisticians consider the HPI
This month, the city of Florence, one of the birthplaces of banking, was host to two events that form part of the process which is changing the way we understand and measure progress.
