Ranked: The World’s Most And Least Stressed Countries, 2025

Despina WilsonJanuary 13, 2025Special Reports

CEOWORLD magazine has published a report aimed at helping individuals improve their financial and mental health by identifying the most and least stressed countries in the world. This report highlights which countries are performing well in terms of financial and mental well-being and which ones require improvements. The magazine analyzed 197 countries and territories across four categories: work-related stress, money-related stress, social and family-related stress, and health and safety-related stress.

Monaco ranks as the least stressed country in the world for 2025, achieving a remarkable score of 83.83. Its upscale, peaceful environment significantly contributes to this stress-free status. The country is known for its picturesque landscapes, medieval castles, vibrant city life, and financial hub, all while offering a multicultural ambiance and a high quality of life. Following Monaco are Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Ireland, which also showcase low-stress levels.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Burundi has been identified as the world’s most stressed country, followed closely by South Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria, and Malawi.

Least stressed Countries in the World, 2025

Rank	Country	Region	Sub region	Work Stress	Money Stress	Social Stress And family	Health and Safety	Total
1	Monaco	Europe	West Europe	96.93	96.61	83.83	71.98	87.33
2	Liechtenstein	Europe	West Europe	96.86	96.37	83.73	71.62	87.14
3	Luxembourg	Europe	West Europe	96.67	95.53	82.31	71.59	86.52
4	Switzerland	Europe	West Europe	96.25	94.67	81.88	71.04	85.96
5	Ireland	Europe	North Europe	95.99	94.39	81.23	70.99	85.65
6	Norway	Europe	North Europe	95.72	94.25	80.96	70.95	85.47
7	Singapore	Asia	South-East Asia	95.2	94.23	80.82	70.87	85.28
8	United States	Americas	North America	95.07	94.08	80.55	70.5	85.05
9	Iceland	Europe	North Europe	94.98	93.93	80.53	69.72	84.79
10	Macao (China)	Asia	East Asia	94.54	93.64	80.46	69.52	84.54
11	Qatar	Asia	West Asia	94.23	93.46	80.08	69.44	84.3
12	Denmark	Europe	North Europe	94.12	93.45	79.55	69.17	84.07
13	Netherlands	Europe	West Europe	93.75	93.36	78.93	69.15	83.79
14	Australia	Oceania	Oceania	93.69	92.93	78.67	68.91	83.55
15	San Marino	Europe	South Europe	93.68	92.12	78.26	68.89	83.23
16	Austria	Europe	West Europe	93.55	92.01	77.83	68.7	83.02
17	Sweden	Europe	North Europe	93.39	91.87	76.25	68.67	82.54
18	Belgium	Europe	West Europe	93.22	91.69	76.2	68.54	82.41
19	Germany	Europe	West Europe	93.11	90.69	76.15	68.01	81.99
20	Finland	Europe	North Europe	93.05	90.36	75.98	67.64	81.75
21	Canada	Americas	North America	92.99	90.3	75.87	67.6	81.69
22	Hong Kong (China)	Asia	East Asia	92.64	89.74	75.25	66.19	80.95
23	Israel	Asia	West Asia	92.02	89.42	74.75	66.02	80.55
24	United Kingdom	Europe	North Europe	91.77	89.32	74.45	65.69	80.3
25	United Arab Emirates	Asia	West Asia	91.64	89.21	74.3	65.66	80.2
26	France	Europe	West Europe	91.6	88.96	74.21	65.56	80.08
27	New Zealand	Oceania	Oceania	91.54	88.79	73.97	65.5	79.95
28	Andorra	Europe	South Europe	91.31	88.69	73.79	65.37	79.79
29	Malta	Europe	South Europe	91.21	88.58	73.33	64.98	79.52
30	Italy	Europe	South Europe	90.96	88.07	72.57	64.87	79.11
31	Cyprus	Europe	West Asia	90.31	88.05	72.34	64.76	78.86
32	Bahamas	Americas	Caribbean	90.03	87.55	72.33	64.74	78.66
33	South Korea	Asia	East Asia	89.73	87.13	72.05	64.61	78.38
34	Spain	Europe	South Europe	89.7	86.96	71.66	64.59	78.22
35	Brunei Darussalam	Asia	South-East Asia	89.65	86.9	71.6	64.05	78.05
36	Slovenia	Europe	South Europe	89.5	86.57	71.48	63.69	77.81
37	Taiwan	Asia	East Asia	89.38	85.7	71.36	63.46	77.47
38	Saudi Arabia	Asia	West Asia	87.81	85.61	71.08	63.43	76.98
39	Japan	Asia	East Asia	87.62	85.56	70.99	63.31	76.87
40	Kuwait	Asia	West Asia	87.33	85.18	70.95	62.97	76.6
41	Estonia	Europe	North Europe	87.25	84.59	70.9	62.93	76.41
42	Czech Republic (Czechia)	Europe	East Europe	87.16	84.57	70.6	61.69	76
43	Bahrain	Asia	West Asia	87.03	83.76	70.48	61.47	75.68
44	Portugal	Europe	South Europe	87.01	83.16	70.37	61.08	75.4
45	Guyana	Americas	South America	86.92	82.97	70.33	61.03	75.31
46	Lithuania	Europe	North Europe	86.91	82.91	70.1	60.55	75.11
47	Slovakia	Europe	East Europe	86.47	82.82	70	60.04	74.83
48	Barbados	Americas	Caribbean	85.97	82.14	69.79	59.8	74.42
49	Greece	Europe	South Europe	85.79	82.04	69.7	59.69	74.3
50	Latvia	Europe	North Europe	85.51	81.08	69.37	59.61	73.89
51	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Americas	Caribbean	85.38	81.07	68.66	59.42	73.63
52	Hungary	Europe	East Europe	84.62	80.07	68.63	59.41	73.18
53	Poland	Europe	East Europe	84.52	79.55	68.44	59.38	72.97
54	Croatia	Europe	South Europe	84.21	79.12	68.1	58.66	72.52
55	Uruguay	Americas	South America	83.72	78.55	67.51	58.56	72.08
56	Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	Caribbean	83.44	78.28	67.27	58.03	71.75
57	Seychelles	Africa	East Africa	83.38	77.98	66.63	57.94	71.48
58	Oman	Asia	West Asia	83.2	77.68	66.44	57.31	71.15
59	Romania	Europe	East Europe	82.8	77.5	66.17	56.72	70.79
60	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	Caribbean	82.64	77.46	65.89	56.36	70.58
61	Panama	Americas	Central America	82.44	77.05	65.42	56.17	70.27
62	Palau	Oceania	Oceania	82.21	76.88	65.39	55.93	70.1
63	Costa Rica	Americas	Central America	82.14	76.63	64.46	55.91	69.78
64	Maldives	Asia	South Asia	81.95	76.37	64.45	55.46	69.55
65	Bulgaria	Europe	East Europe	81.3	76.02	63.11	55.28	68.92
66	Chile	Americas	South America	80.95	75.7	62.31	55.24	68.55
67	Turkey (Türkiye)	Asia	West Asia	80.82	75.53	62.09	55.17	68.4
68	Russia	Europe	East Europe	80.64	74.47	62	54.99	68.02
69	Kazakhstan	Asia	Central Asia	80.09	74.18	61.65	54.75	67.66
70	Saint Lucia	Americas	Caribbean	79.89	73.91	61.06	54.65	67.37
71	Mexico	Americas	Central America	79.64	72.99	60.11	53.97	66.67
72	Malaysia	Asia	South-East Asia	79.6	72.82	59.99	53.94	66.58
73	China	Asia	East Asia	79.18	71.93	59.98	53.93	66.25
74	Argentina	Americas	South America	79.14	71.71	59.46	53.67	65.99
75	Montenegro	Europe	South Europe	79.1	71.55	59.06	53.53	65.81
76	Turkmenistan	Asia	Central Asia	78.61	71.2	58.74	53.34	65.47
77	Mauritius	Africa	East Africa	78.58	71.13	58.69	52.69	65.27
78	Serbia	Europe	South Europe	77.99	70.73	58.67	52.47	64.96
79	Nauru	Oceania	Oceania	77.87	70.54	58.59	52.2	64.8
80	Grenada	Americas	Caribbean	77.84	70.44	57.75	52.17	64.55
81	Dominican Republic	Americas	Caribbean	77.83	69.98	57.44	52.09	64.33
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	Caribbean	77.37	69.8	57.4	51.67	64.06
83	Brazil	Americas	South America	77.25	69.64	57.21	51.63	63.93
84	Albania	Europe	South Europe	76.41	68.85	57.01	51.51	63.44
85	Cuba	Americas	Caribbean	76.03	68.42	56.67	51.39	63.12
86	Dominica	Americas	Caribbean	75.56	68.07	55.91	51.32	62.71
87	Gabon	Africa	Middle Africa	75.37	66.21	54.92	50.97	61.86
88	Georgia	Asia	West Asia	74.87	66.07	54.63	50.86	61.6
89	North Macedonia	Europe	South Europe	74.38	65.35	54.5	50.84	61.26
90	Armenia	Asia	West Asia	74.28	65.16	54.32	50.59	61.08
91	Peru	Americas	South America	74.11	64.98	53.99	50.57	60.91
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	South Europe	73.72	64.91	53.7	50.49	60.7
93	Belize	Americas	Central America	73.28	64.87	53.5	50.13	60.44
94	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	Middle Africa	73.14	64.28	53.13	49.97	60.13
95	Belarus	Europe	East Europe	72.95	64.13	52.8	49.86	59.93
96	Colombia	Americas	South America	72.03	63.7	52.61	49.45	59.44
97	Suriname	Americas	South America	71.66	63.27	52.53	49.33	59.19
98	Thailand	Asia	South-East Asia	70.6	63.06	52.49	49.26	58.85
99	Jamaica	Americas	Caribbean	70.17	62.96	51.61	49.14	58.47
100	Azerbaijan	Asia	West Asia	69.37	62.6	51.6	48.93	58.12
101	Moldova	Europe	East Europe	69.31	62.06	51.48	48.82	57.91
102	Botswana	Africa	South Africa	69.28	61.64	51.12	48.76	57.7
103	Tuvalu	Oceania	Oceania	68.83	60.7	50.99	48.45	57.24
104	Marshall Islands	Oceania	Micronesia	68.8	60.59	50.95	48.28	57.15
105	Ecuador	Americas	South America	68.71	60.01	49.11	48.18	56.5
106	Mongolia	Asia	East Asia	68.69	59.15	46.85	47.92	55.65
107	Libya	Africa	North Africa	68.61	59.05	46.65	47.78	55.52
108	South Africa	Africa	South Africa	68.36	58.91	46.22	47.6	55.27
109	Guatemala	Americas	Central America	68.22	57.54	46.15	47.38	54.82
110	Fiji	Oceania	Melanesia	68.14	56.87	45.86	47.27	54.53
111	Iraq	Asia	West Asia	68.12	56.83	45.77	46.86	54.39
112	Paraguay	Americas	South America	67.74	55.54	45.74	46.69	53.92
113	El Salvador	Americas	Central America	66.43	55.53	45.7	46.65	53.57
114	Algeria	Africa	North Africa	66.16	55.36	45.5	46.59	53.4
115	Ukraine	Europe	East Europe	66.06	54.98	44.44	46.19	52.91
116	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Asia	South Asia	66.04	53.86	43.26	46.15	52.32
117	Micronesia (Federated States of)	Oceania	Oceania	65.78	53.83	43.17	45.59	52.09
118	Samoa	Oceania	Oceania	65.72	53.42	43.15	45.28	51.89
119	Indonesia	Asia	South-East Asia	65.18	53.35	42.94	45.12	51.64
120	Tonga	Oceania	Oceania	64.18	53.26	42.43	44.79	51.16
121	Cape Verde [Cabo Verde]	Africa	West Africa	63.84	53.23	40.54	44.66	50.56
122	Jordan	Asia	West Asia	63.57	53.08	40.3	44.49	50.36
123	Vietnam	Asia	South-East Asia	63.03	52.74	39.88	44.28	49.98
124	Lebanon	Asia	West Asia	62.78	52.27	39.53	43.57	49.53
125	Namibia	Africa	South Africa	62.5	52.23	39.5	43	49.3
126	Eswatini [Swaziland]	Africa	South Africa	62.44	52.2	39.15	42.81	49.15
127	Tunisia	Africa	North Africa	62.36	51.39	39.03	42.73	48.87
128	Morocco	Africa	North Africa	62.33	50.82	38.7	42.69	48.63
129	Djibouti	Africa	East Africa	61.38	50.05	38.24	42.61	48.07
130	Philippines	Asia	South-East Asia	61.01	49.55	37.78	41.85	47.54
131	Bhutan	Asia	South Asia	60.3	49.42	37.54	41.71	47.24
132	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Americas	South America	60.19	49.36	37.26	41.64	47.11
133	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Americas	South America	59.65	49.33	37.25	41.3	46.88
134	Egypt	Africa	North Africa	59.58	48.99	37.12	41.17	46.71
135	Honduras	Americas	Central America	59.54	48.8	35.99	41.16	46.37
136	São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	Middle Africa	59.09	48.62	35.69	40.95	46.08
137	Vanuatu	Oceania	Oceania	58.94	47.3	35.61	40.43	45.57
138	Sri Lanka	Asia	South Asia	58.28	47.12	35.6	40.12	45.28
139	Palestine	Asia	West Asia	58.12	47.05	34.5	40.07	44.93
140	Uzbekistan	Asia	Central Asia	57.97	46.88	34.45	39.54	44.71
141	Angola	Africa	Middle Africa	57.76	46.4	33.84	39.52	44.38
142	Nicaragua	Americas	Central America	57.74	46.25	33.12	39.37	44.12
143	Cambodia	Asia	South-East Asia	57.3	45.79	32.8	39.36	43.81
144	Ivory Coast [Côte d'Ivoire]	Africa	West Africa	57.28	45.25	32.74	39	43.56
145	India	Asia	South Asia	57.04	45.1	32.53	38.72	43.34
146	Bangladesh	Asia	South Asia	56.84	45.09	32.51	38.7	43.28
147	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	Oceania	56.71	44.75	32.24	38.59	43.07
148	Kiribati	Oceania	Micronesia	56.59	43.95	32.06	38.48	42.77
149	Republic of the Congo [Congo-Brazzaville]	Africa	Middle Africa	56.24	43.9	31.82	38.39	42.58
150	Mauritania	Africa	West Africa	55.53	43.22	31.52	38.34	42.15
151	Ghana	Africa	West Africa	55.42	43.09	31.51	37.12	41.78
152	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	Central Asia	55.15	42.22	31.14	37.02	41.38
153	Kenya	Africa	East Africa	54.47	41.83	31.13	36.84	41.06
154	Solomon Islands	Oceania	Oceania	54.38	41.74	31.08	36.59	40.94
155	Haiti	Americas	Caribbean	53.93	41.51	30.88	36.33	40.66
156	Zimbabwe	Africa	East Africa	53.86	41.49	29.95	36.06	40.34
157	Laos (Lao PDR)	Asia	South-East Asia	53.53	41.39	27.92	35.58	39.6
158	Cameroon	Africa	Middle Africa	52.72	41.33	26.45	35.46	38.99
159	Senegal	Africa	West Africa	52.6	40.9	26.41	34.84	38.68
160	Guinea	Africa	West Africa	52.58	40.19	26.16	34.7	38.4
161	Comoros	Africa	East Africa	52.32	39.59	26.12	34.61	38.16
162	Pakistan (Islamic Republic of)	Asia	South Asia	52.21	39.4	25.93	32.96	37.62
163	Benin	Africa	West Africa	51.96	39.33	25.15	32.67	37.27
164	East Timor [Timor Leste]	Asia	South-East Asia	51.89	39.13	24.74	32.1	36.96
165	Nepal	Asia	South Asia	51.85	38.8	24.48	31.95	36.77
166	Ethiopia	Africa	East Africa	51.82	38.74	23.59	31.66	36.45
167	Tajikistan	Asia	Central Asia	51.78	37.33	23.37	31.56	36.01
168	Zambia	Africa	East Africa	51.31	36.5	23.27	31.48	35.64
169	Tanzania	Africa	East Africa	51.17	36.33	22.98	31.27	35.43
170	Uganda	Africa	East Africa	50.71	36.11	22.33	30.93	35.02
171	Myanmar [Burma]	Asia	South-East Asia	50.64	35.59	22.19	30.81	34.8
172	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	West Africa	50.45	35.02	21.9	30.74	34.52
173	Lesotho	Africa	South Africa	50.33	34.47	21.09	29.71	33.9
174	Togo	Africa	West Africa	50.17	34.4	20.87	29.2	33.66
175	Chad	Africa	Middle Africa	50.05	34.39	20.8	29.12	33.59
176	Gambia	Africa	West Africa	49.71	33.87	20.72	28.8	33.27
177	Rwanda	Africa	East Africa	49.59	33.8	20.69	28.46	33.13
178	Burkina Faso	Africa	West Africa	49.39	33.53	20.62	28.1	32.91
179	Mali	Africa	West Africa	49.32	32.98	20.42	27.97	32.67
180	Nigeria	Africa	West Africa	49.21	32.78	20.34	27.29	32.4
181	Sierra Leone	Africa	West Africa	49.02	31.87	20.07	27.12	32.02
182	Liberia	Africa	West Africa	48.92	31.01	19.77	26.9	31.65
183	Somalia	Africa	East Africa	48.65	30.61	19.69	26.37	31.33
184	Democratic Republic of the Congo [DR Congo]	Africa	Middle Africa	47.92	30.33	19.62	26.09	30.99
185	Niger	Africa	West Africa	47.6	29.8	19.59	25.92	30.72
186	Mozambique	Africa	East Africa	47.34	29.72	18.98	25.67	30.42
187	Eritrea	Africa	East Africa	47.28	29.06	18.74	25.6	30.17
188	Sudan	Africa	North Africa	47.19	28.82	18.64	25.11	29.94
189	North Korea	Asia	East Asia	47.02	28.73	18.31	24.33	29.59
190	Madagascar	Africa	East Africa	46.78	28.71	18.16	23.78	29.35
191	Central African Republic	Africa	Middle Africa	46.73	28.65	17.66	23.73	29.19
192	Yemen	Asia	West Asia	46.57	27.82	17.2	23.69	28.82
193	Malawi	Africa	East Africa	46.51	27.11	16.53	22.98	28.28
194	Syria	Asia	West Asia	46.23	26.28	15.79	22.48	27.69
195	Afghanistan	Asia	South Asia	46.11	25.94	15.53	22.41	27.49
196	South Sudan	Africa	East Africa	46	25.5	13.4	22.22	26.78
197	Burundi	Africa	East Africa	45.24	25.24	12.76	22.03	26.31

Stress can manifest in various ways depending on the context of where one lives. In some developing countries, it may be linked to the threat of armed conflict, while in more developed economies, it often arises from the demands of a challenging workday. According to the 2025 Global Emotions Report from CEOWORLD magazine, which surveyed stress levels in 197 countries and territories, over one-third of respondents reported experiencing “a lot of stress” the day before they were surveyed. The surveys took place between December 2, 2024, and January 12, 2025. The report found that the regions where individuals were most likely to report stress over the past day and month included Burundi, South Sudan, and Afghanistan.

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