Italy out of the top 20

Not only economic capital, Milan is also the happiest city in Italy. The 2025 ranking of theHappy City Indexthe portal that every year draws up the ranking of the 200 most livable urban realities among the cities scattered all over the world. The investigation is carried out through the processing of data relating to 82 indicators, collected in six macro categories: citizens, governance, environment, economics, health and mobility.

Our country is present in the list with 8 citiesbut to see the first of the Italians you have to get to 25th place.

Happy City Index

Now in its sixth edition, theHappy City Index It is a project of The Institute for Quality of LifeInstitute on the analysis of the quality of life of the English consultancy and research company Happy City Hub Ltb.

Also this year the ranking was created on the basis of the data collected and processed by a team of 200 people, taking into consideration dozens of factors that contribute to the “happiness” of the inhabitants of a city.

The list was then divided into three parts, with the places from the first to the 31st awarded position of the recognition of “Gold Cities“, Golden City, from 32th to 100th awarded with the silver medal and up to the 200th position with the bronze medal.

The happiest city in the world

According to theHappy City Index The happiest city in the world in 2025 is the capital of Denmark, Copenhagenwhich has distinguished itself particularly for the levels of education and innovation, thanks also to the presence of university of excellence in the world, but also for its total integration with the environment.

Among the “Gold Cities” Denmark is present with four cities, a country more represented in front of Germany with three, while Italy is in 25th place with Milan.

The happiest cities in Italy

The Lombard capital is the only Italian inserted among the 31 happiest cities on the planet, thanks to good results in categories such as innovation and education, as well as the offer of “high quality health services”.

To find another city in our country you have to go down to the ranking of the “Silver Cities”, where we find Turin in 38th position, Florence in 60th e Bologna in 67th.

Le Gold Cities

To draw up the ranking of the happiest cities in the world, the Institute has increased the indicators from 76 to 82, taking into consideration the factors that contribute to constituting the well being of citizens from different points of view, from education to inclusion policies, from the development strategies of administrations to the physical and mental health of citizens, from public mobility to the wealth of residents, to respect for the environment.

Below is the ranking of the “Gold Cities”, with their respective scores for each of the six macro categories.

Position	City	Village	Total score	Citizens	Governance	Environment	Economy	Health	Mobility
1	Copenhagen	Denmark	1039	237	177	192	182	149	101
2	Zurich	Swiss	993	256	185	175	174	122	80
3	Singapore	Singapore	979	210	192	151	174	149	101
4	Aarhus	Denmark	958	233	173	170	143	145	95
5	Antwerp	Belgium	956	258	205	148	100	145	100
6	Seoul	South Korea	942	260	206	153	100	117	106
7	Stockholm	Sweden	941	270	183	143	111	136	98
8	Taipei	Taiwan region	936	158	210	192	126	120	131
9	Munich	Germany	931	250	175	114	110	176	105
10	Rotterdam	Netherlands	920	192	166	188	92	176	106
11	Vancouver	Canada	919	242	168	222	65	122	101
12	Vienna	Austria	918	227	209	170	73	135	105
13	Paris	France	909	177	189	207	145	85	105
14	Helsinki	Finland	908	239	201	133	111	130	93
15	Aalborg	Denmark	906	267	152	119	133	142	93
16	Berlin	Germany	905	161	203	182	121	146	93
17	New York, NY	United States	902	158	226	162	142	97	116
18	Dresden	Germany	893	206	205	146	64	162	110
19	Brussels	Belgium	887	226	198	116	103	132	113
20	Geneva	Swiss	883	212	143	173	151	114	90
21	Port	Portugal	879	194	202	151	94	159	80
22	Barcelona	Spain	875	181	192	158	63	150	130
23	Oslo	Norway	870	228	175	134	120	151	61
24	Dublin	Ireland	862	160	197	175	94	136	99
25	Milan	Italy	856	138	205	166	81	156	109
26	Roskilde	Denmark	855	273	137	175	84	135	50
27	Reykjavik	Iceland	854	253	185	93	87	145	91
28	Auckland	New Zealand	853	139	168	183	110	147	105
29	Adelaide	Australia	846	186	140	217	71	132	100
30	Minneapolis, mn	United States	845	134	155	179	172	101	104
31	London	United Kingdom	842	198	186	144	93	88	133

The Silver Cities

From 32nd to 100th place, the list of cities that have obtained the “silver medal”, including we find three Italians.

Position	City	Village	Total score	Citizens	Governance	Environment	Economy	Health	Mobility
32	Leuven	Belgium	840	231	125	144	97	145	98
33	Lyon	France	838	170	189	149	128	91	111
34	San Diego, ca	United States	831	159	182	190	92	114	95
35	Bruges	Belgium	830	206	170	148	92	142	73
35	Amsterdam	Netherlands	830	195	168	164	49	172	82
37	Utrecht	Netherlands	828	183	140	159	116	170	60
38	Turin	Italy	824	148	203	150	100	135	88
39	Ghent	Belgium	823	242	174	146	34	141	85
40	Randers	Denmark	822	220	136	173	109	135	49
41	Ljubljana	Slovenia	817	188	164	150	72	154	88
42	Tokyo	Japan	814	246	164	80	123	148	52
43	Washington, DC	United States	813	122	202	177	122	99	92
44	Holstebro	Denmark	812	214	135	172	108	134	49
45	Dancer	Denmark	811	186	133	169	150	125	48
46	Graz	Austria	811	213	178	87	91	133	109
47	Linz	Austria	806	154	173	156	50	177	96
47	Basel	Swiss	806	172	140	170	148	115	60
49	Liège	Belgium	802	226	170	110	81	130	85
50	Eindhoven	Netherlands	801	186	142	161	77	176	60
51	Canberra	Australia	794	195	179	131	62	137	88
52	Bilbao	Spain	793	233	178	96	48	147	91
53	Expo	Finland	792	234	142	116	122	127	51
54	Beijing	China	784	120	207	82	130	135	110
55	Busan	South Korea	782	204	170	128	78	114	88
56	Salt Lake City, Ut	United States	780	174	171	108	110	111	106
57	Düsseldorf	Germany	779	180	178	114	81	154	71
58	Bern	Swiss	778	172	142	172	110	121	60
59	Ulsan	South Korea	776	204	160	115	105	109	84
60	Florence	Italy	774	154	198	146	29	161	86
60	Bergen	Norway	774	191	143	120	101	159	61
62	Vilnius	Lithuania	773	174	175	150	46	127	101
63	York	United Kingdom	771	153	164	179	80	116	79
63	Columbus, oh	United States	771	166	138	179	92	100	96
65	Aia	Netherlands	769	146	139	170	82	173	59
66	Hannover	Germany	768	188	161	127	68	139	85
67	Bologna	Italy	767	183	193	92	56	142	102
67	Melbourne	Australia	767	211	164	112	58	115	106
69	Cork	Ireland	766	121	136	178	67	163	100
70	Los Angeles, ca	United States	759	135	178	133	113	101	98
70	Kaunas	Lithuania	759	151	204	138	51	110	106
72	Incheon	South Korea	756	190	174	121	79	108	84
72	Västerås	Sweden	756	170	171	129	72	139	75
74	Buenos Aires	Argentine	756	163	195	144	74	78	102
75	Sydney	Australia	754	152	167	167	60	116	92
75	Hsinchu	Taiwan	754	116	183	149	136	93	77
77	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	752	177	134	145	109	126	61
78	Gothenburg	Sweden	751	203	142	140	74	132	60
78	Brisbane	Australia	751	184	163	131	63	124	86
80	Seattle, wa	United States	750	145	178	134	115	96	83
81	Mechelen	Belgium	749	180	165	91	86	138	89
82	Frankfurt	Germany	743	192	154	98	74	142	84
83	Reading	United Kingdom	742	168	167	112	101	117	78
84	Baltimore, MD	United States	741	186	153	135	130	73	63
84	Zaragoza	Spain	741	126	141	155	64	154	101
86	Loosanne	Swiss	735	174	139	156	95	114	59
87	Changhua	Taiwan	773	166	188	157	101	52	69
88	Gold Coast	Australia	730	167	166	132	74	120	72
89	San Antonio, TX	United States	726	154	162	131	84	99	97
90	Lisbon	Portugal	726	164	172	76	71	161	82
91	Wellington	New Zealand	725	154	164	56	95	161	95
91	Kahsiung	Taiwan	725	107	199	158	85	91	86
93	Aalter	Belgium	721	169	162	110	76	133	71
94	Trondheim	Norway	720	134	140	117	109	159	60
94	Aachen	Germany	720	197	160	84	66	146	67
96	Tamper	Finland	718	198	140	125	71	124	60
96	Valencia	Spain	718	142	175	100	58	161	82
96	Nashville, TN	United States	718	138	155	83	162	102	77
99	Turku	Finland	716	201	142	125	62	126	60
100	Tel Aviv	Israel	715	166	145	115	92	136	61