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Finland tops World Happiness Report for 6th time in a row

World Happiness Report on Monday announced that Finland has been declared the country with the happiest population for the sixth consecutive year.

The report, which looked at the effects of the Coronavirus crisis on people’s well-being, was compiled annually by scientists in the U.S. on the basis of surveys by the Gallup Institute.

According to the report, the happy Finns are followed by: Denmark, Iceland, Israel, The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg and New Zealand.

Austria and Australia are in 11th and 12th positions, while Germany got 16th place, dropping two spots from 2022.

War-torn Afghanistan and Lebanon remained the two unhappiest countries according to the survey.

Researchers said people’s evaluation of happiness had remained “remarkably resilient’’ in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, with global averages from 2020 to 2022 just as high as those in the pre-pandemic years of 2017 to 2019.

In this year’s rankings, Russia is No. 70 and Ukraine is No. 92.

World’s happiest countries for 2023

1. Finland

2. Denmark

3. Iceland

4. Israel

5. Netherlands

6. Sweden

7. Norway

8. Switzerland

9. Luxembourg

10. New Zealand

11. Austria

12. Australia

13. Canada

14. Ireland

15. United States

16. Germany

17. Belgium

18. Czech Republic

19. United Kingdom

20. Lithuania

Gallup, Inc. is an American analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide.

The result is the Gallup World Poll, the most comprehensive and farthest-reaching survey of the world. The survey connects with more than 99% of the world’s adult population through annual, nationally representative surveys with comparable metrics across countries.

 

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