Ranking Countries By Sleep Quality

Ikea has just released their Sleep Report 2025, which uncovers sleep habits and struggles of people around the world.

The retailer conducted one of the largest global surveys on sleep differences, talking to over 55-thousand people (55,221) in 57 markets all over the planet.

Best sleeps are happening in:

China

Indonesia

Egypt

Kuwait

India

UAE

Greece

The worst country is Norway followed by:

USA

Sweden

Ireland

Australia

Canada

UK

According to the Ikea Sleep Report:

• More than two-thirds (70%) of respondents agree that sleep is one of life’s greatest joys, and that jumps to 74% for those between 18 and 24 years old.
• A lot of people would rather sleep than go out, as over half of those polled prefer sleeping to doing a social activity.
• But as much as we love to snooze, there’s still a gap between how much sleep we want and how much we’re actually getting. Worldwide, it averages one hour and 20 minutes.
• That adds up to more than 20 full days of lost sleep a year.
• But some places are getting more sleep than others, so who sleeps best? Mainland China comes in first for sleep duration, averaging over seven hours per night.
• They have the highest sleep score at 74, followed by Indonesia at 71, and Egypt at 70.
• On the flip side, Americans report the most disrupted sleep and our sleep score is 57.
• We score the second-lowest for sleep quality, only Norway ranks worse than the U.S.
• Almost two-thirds (64%) of Egyptians rate their sleep as good, the highest in the world.
• It takes people nearly half an hour to drift off to sleep, the global average is 24 minutes. But it’s slightly longer for women at 26 minutes than men’s average of 23 minutes.
• Part of the problem may be that we’re using our phones in bed, something 72% of respondents admit to doing.
• That leads to them spending an average of 40 extra minutes on their phones before bed.
• Overall, stress and overthinking are the biggest things keeping people from getting enough quality sleep (40%) and 19% rely on medication to sleep.