The higher the score the higher the happiness level.
| 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 3.71 | 2.91 | 2.91 | 2.91 | 2.91 | 3.78 | 3.78 | 3.78 | |
| Comoros | 3.85 | 3.96 | 3.96 | 3.97 | 4.29 | 4.29 | 4.61 | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.58 | 4.52 | 4.24 | 4.28 | 4.25 | 4.42 | 4.31 | ||
| Djibouti | 4.69 | 4.37 | |||||||
| Egypt | 4.27 | 4.19 | 4.36 | 4.74 | 4.42 | 4.17 | 4.15 | 4.28 | 4.29 |
| Ethiopia | 4.56 | 4.51 | 4.51 | 4.46 | 4.35 | 4.29 | 4.19 | 4.28 | 4.24 |
| Kenya | 4.40 | 4.42 | 4.36 | 4.55 | 4.41 | 4.51 | 4.58 | 4.61 | 4.54 |
| Libya | 5.34 | 5.75 | 5.62 | 5.53 | 5.57 | 5.53 | 5.49 | 5.41 | 5.33 |
| Madagascar | 3.97 | 3.68 | 3.70 | 3.64 | 3.77 | 3.93 | 4.17 | 4.21 | 4.34 |
| Malawi | 4.11 | 4.29 | 4.16 | 3.97 | 3.59 | 3.41 | 3.54 | 3.60 | 3.75 |
| Mauritius | 5.48 | 5.48 | 5.65 | 5.63 | 5.89 | 5.89 | 6.10 | 6.05 | 6.07 |
| Rwanda | 3.72 | 3.47 | 3.52 | 3.47 | 3.41 | 3.33 | 3.31 | 3.42 | 3.27 |
| Sudan | 4.40 | 4.55 | 4.14 | 4.14 | 4.14 | ||||
| इस्वातिनी | 4.87 | 4.87 | 4.21 | 4.31 | 4.31 | 4.40 | |||
| Tunisia | 4.83 | 4.74 | 5.05 | 4.81 | 4.59 | 4.46 | 4.39 | 4.60 | 4.52 |
| Uganda | 4.44 | 3.93 | 3.74 | 4.08 | 4.16 | 4.19 | 4.43 | 4.64 | 4.60 |
| Zambia | 5.01 | 5.13 | 4.80 | 4.51 | 4.38 | 4.11 | 3.76 | 4.07 | 3.76 |
| Zimbabwe | 4.83 | 4.61 | 4.19 | 3.88 | 3.69 | 3.66 | 3.30 | 3.15 | 3.00 |
| Somalia | 5.44 | 5.15 | 4.98 | 4.67 |