Quality of life · Life satisfaction & connection
As at 12 October 2026 · official data unless labelled
Life satisfaction (0–10)
What the numbers are telling us
Average life satisfaction was 7.2 / 10 in 2020, down 0.3 points on the previous reading (7.5 / 10).
Across 34 OECD countries (latest available, 2018–2023), Australia ranks 24th best of 34 on life satisfaction, below the median of 7.4 / 10.
Why it matters
How people rate their lives overall: the single broadest measure of wellbeing.
What it should be
There is no official target, so Australia is judged against comparable countries: higher than the OECD median is better. The OECD median is 7.4 / 10.
Every figure on this page is calculated from the stored official series (OECD, How's Life? Current well-being (OECD WISE)); the summary is written from the numbers, not edited by hand.