HELSINKI: According to the annual UN-sponsored World Happiness Report, which was released on Wednesday, Finland has continued to be the happiest nation in the world for the past seven years.
Additionally, the Nordic nations maintained their rankings among the top ten happy nations, with Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden lagging behind Finland.
Afghanistan remained at the bottom of the 143 countries surveyed, wracked by a humanitarian crisis ever since the Taliban retook power in 2020.
The United States and Germany, which came in 23rd and 24th place, respectively, were not among the top 20 happiest countries for the first time since the report’s publication more than ten years ago. Kuwait and Costa Rica, meanwhile, stormed into the top 20 at positions 12 and 13.
The world’s largest countries were no longer among the happiest countries, according to the research.
Only Australia and the Netherlands have populations of more than 15 million people among the top ten nations. Only the United Kingdom and Canada have populations of more than 30 million people in the top 20.
