Today Finland is named the top happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row, beating out other countries like Denmark, Iceland and Israel to take first place in the annual World Happiness Report since 2018.
Other Top 10 countries include the Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg and New Zealand.
Lithuania is the only new country to make the top 20, up more than 30 spots since 2017.
War-ravaged Afghanistan and Lebanon are two of the least fortunate countries, with below-average life chances.
so, which countries are the happiest in the world?
The happiest countries in the world for 2023
- Finland
- Denmark
- Iceland
- Israel
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Norway
- Switzerland
- Luxembourg
- New Zealand
- Austria
- Australia
- Canada
- Ireland
- US
- Germany
- Belgium
- Czechia
- UK
- Lithuania
The UK comes in at 19 on the list, lower than the US placed at 15, Germany at 16, Ireland at 14, and Australia at 12.
France is just below the UK in terms of happiness, however, as it stands at number 21.
The happiness of the countries was measured using several factors, including: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and low corruption.
The unhappiest countries in the world for 2023
- Afghanistan
- Lebanon
- Sierra Leone
- Zimbabwe
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Botswana
- Malawi
- Comoros
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Madagascar
- India
- Liberia
- Ethiopia
- Jordan
- Togo
- Egypt
- Mali
- Gambia
- Bangladesh
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