Share of people who say they are happy in Russia

Russia: Share of people who say they are happy was 79.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
79.4%
World rank
31st
of 39 countries
All-time high
79.4%
in 2022
All-time low
47.2%
in 1993
Years of data
6
1993–2022

Share of people who say they are happy in Russia, 1993–2022

0204060801993200720221993: 47.2 %1998: 50.2 %2004: 48.1 %2010: 67.5 %2014: 73.4 %2022: 79.4 %

Source: Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of people who say they are happy in Russia is 79.4%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of people who say they are happy in Russia peaked at 79.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 47.2%, in 1993.

That places Russia 31st out of 39 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Share of people who say they are happy in Russia, year by year

Annual values for Share of people who say they are happy in Russia, 1993 to 2022.
Year % Change
1993 47.2%
1998 50.2% +6.3%
2004 48.1% -4.1%
2010 67.5% +40.3%
2014 73.4% +8.8%
2022 79.4% +8.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 48.7% 47.2% 50.2% 2
2000s 48.1% 48.1% 48.1% 1
2010s 70.5% 67.5% 73.4% 2
2020s 79.4% 79.4% 79.4% 1

Countries ranked near Russia

  1. 28 Italy 82.3% compare
  2. 29 Hungary 81.3% compare
  3. 30 Peru 80.8% compare
  4. 32 Slovakia 78.9% compare
  5. 33 Latvia 78.8% compare
  6. 34 Romania 77.9% compare

See the full ranking of 39 places →

More reference data data for Russia

All data for Russia →

Frequently asked questions

What is share of people who say they are happy in Russia?
Share of people who say they are happy in Russia was 79.4% in 2022, according to Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of people who say they are happy recorded in Russia?
The highest recorded value was 79.4% in 2022.
What is the lowest share of people who say they are happy recorded in Russia?
The lowest recorded value was 47.2% in 1993.
How does Russia rank for share of people who say they are happy?
Russia ranks 31st out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
Is share of people who say they are happy rising or falling in Russia?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Russia data come from?
The figures come from Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of people who say they are happy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 6 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of people who say they are happy in Russia. Statizoid, drawing on Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-people-who-say-they-are-happy/russian-federation/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-people-who-say-they-are-happy/russian-federation/">Share of people who say they are happy in Russia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of people who say they are happy
Unit
%
Source
Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
39 places, 224 data points, 1984–2022
Last refreshed

% of respondents replying "very happy" or "quite happy" when asked "Taking all things together, would you say you are very happy, quite happy, not very happy or not at all happy?"