The World Happiness Report was released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations on March 14, days before World Happiness Day on March 20.
“The top five countries all have almost equally high values for the six factors found to support happiness, and four of these countries — Denmark, Switzerland, Norway and now Finland — have been in first place in the six World Happiness Report rankings since the first report,” said report co-editor John Helliwell, a professor emeritus of economics at the University of British Columbia.
“In a division with such excellent teams, changes in the top spot are to be expected,” he said.
World’s 10 Happiest Countries
- Denmark
- Finland
- Norway
- Sweden
- Netherlands
- Costa Rica
- New Zealand
- Canada
- Israel
- Australia
World’s 10 Unhappiest Countries
- Togo
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Cambodia
- Sierra Leone
- Burkina Faso
- Rwanda
- Niger
- Haiti
- Benin