The World Happiness Report was released on Monday, indicating that Finland is the happiest nation in the world out of 137 measured. How did the U.S. fare? Let's just say it didn't even land in the Top 10.
“Average happiness and our country rankings, for emotions as well as life evaluations, have been remarkably stable during the three COVID-19 years,” said John Helliwell, a Canadian economist and co-author of the report. “Changes in rankings that have taken place have been continuations of longer-term trends, such as the increases seen in the rankings of the three Baltic countries.
Finland remained the happiest nation in the world for the sixth consecutive year. Afghanistan remained the last happy nation in the world. The report used six different factors to determine happiness: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and freedom from corruption. In top nations, these factors actually increased following the pandemic, said report author Lara Aknin.
“This year’s report features many interesting insights,” said Aknin, “but one that I find particularly interesting and heartening has to do with pro-sociality. For a second year, we see that various forms of everyday kindness, such as helping a stranger, donating to charity, and volunteering, are above pre-pandemic levels. Acts of kindness have been shown to both lead to and stem from greater happiness.”7. Norway15.
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