As usual, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden top the country ranking in the annual World Happiness Report .  However, seeing Israel at #5 , just above the Netherlands and Norway, is quite a surprise. The map above also does something extra: It shows happiness levels in their regional and global context.

As you can see that happiness levels are relatively high across the Americas, in Europe and Oceania, and generally lowest across Africa and South Asia. In North America, Canada came out on top, happier than the U.S. and Mexico. The least happy country in North America is the Dominican Republic. Uruguay is the happiest country in South America, and Venezuela is the unhappiest.

In Europe, the difference is 2.8 points, between Finland (happiest, 7.7) and, unsurprisingly, Ukraine (unhappiest, 4.9). The Turks (5.0), however, are barely happier than the Ukrainians. The Greeks (5.9) and the Portuguese (6.0) stand out as the most miserable countries in the rest of Europe.

Happiness is very relative in Africa, where civil-war-torn Libya (5.9) tops the continent’s happy list. Still, that’s massively better than its huge neighbor Egypt (4.0), and even they are well ahead of the happiness levels in DR Congo (3.3). Most of Africa’s countries report happiness levels in the fours and threes.

In East Asia, China (6.0) is on par with Thailand, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Japan and South Korea (both 6.1) are only marginally happier. India (4.1) is doing a lot worse, and only a bit better than Bangladesh (3.9), which has the region’s lowest happiness score. Singapore tops that list, with 6.5.