The happiest countries in the world 🌏 The World Happiness Report 2024 was released in March, and it’s unsurprising to see Nordic countries continuing to rank high in happiness. They have strong social welfare systems, high levels of trust, and overall quality of life. Out of a total of 143 countries, some important parts of life are tied mainly to age, such as schooling, employment and health. Other society-wide factors range from violence, earthquakes and pandemics to how new technologies and changing natural and social environments interact with also-changing ways of seeing history, facing inequalities, and connecting with each other. The top ten: 1. Finland 2. Denmark 3. Iceland 4. Sweden 5. Israel 6. Netherlands 7. Norway 8. Luxembourg 9. Switzerland 10. Australia While the top ten countries remain largely unchanged, there has been much more action in the top twenty. Costa Rica and Kuwait are both new entrants to the top 20, at positions 12 and 13. The United States and Germany drop from 15 and 16 last year to 23 and 24 this year. The top countries no longer include any of the largest countries. In the top ten countries, only the Netherlands and Australia have populations over 15 million. Rankings differ a lot for the young and the old. In the United States and Canada, the rankings for those aged 60 and older are 50 or more places higher than for those under 30. In Central and Eastern Europe, the reverse is true, with many rankings being more than 40 places higher for the young than for the old. The bottom three countries were Lesotho, Lebanon, and Afghanistan. 🔸Have you visited any of the world's happiest countries?
Michelle Couny
8mo
I absolutely love the Netherlands, and could absolutely see myself living there if circumstances were different. I agree that there are no real surprises in the top ten.
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8moI just have to say it... Israel #5... Knowing about the current situation there this sent chills down my spine.