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As per the 2019 Happiness Index, Finland is the 'happiest' country in the world. Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Netherlands hold the next top positions. The report was published on 20 March 2019 by UN. The full report can be read at 2019 Report. The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness.
The report, published on the United Nations International Day of Happiness on 20 March, draws on global survey data from more than 140 countries. Nations are ranked on happiness based on their ...
The World Happiness Report is out, and once again Nordic countries are humming along with the highest scores. The No. 1 country, Finland, has held onto its top ranking for seven years straight.
Analysed data to create the index comes from UNESCO, the CIA, the New Economics Foundation, the WHO, the Veenhoven Database, the Latinbarometer, the Afrobarometer, and the UNHDR. These sources are analyzed to create a global projection of subjective well-being: the first world map of happiness.
The U.S. drops to 23 on the list of the world’s happiest countries as one age group in particular reports ‘feeling worse about their lives’ Alexa Mikhail March 19, 2024 at 8:01 PM
For the 2012 ranking, 151 countries were compared, and the best scoring country for the second time in a row was Costa Rica, followed by Vietnam, Colombia, Belize and El Salvador. The lowest ranking countries in 2012 were Botswana, Chad and Qatar. [6] [7] In 2016, out of 140 countries, Costa Rica topped the index for the third time in a row. [8]
The World Database of Happiness is often used by popular media to make lists of the happiest countries around the globe. [8] An example is the Happy Planet Index, which aims to chart sustainable happiness all over the world by combining data on longevity, happiness and the size of the ecological footprint of citizens. [9]
Today's annual World Happiness Report ranks self-reported happiness scores for nearly 150,000 people in over 140 countries. Other Nordic countries are onto something and place in the top 10, with ...