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International Day of Happiness 2023: Major nations drop out of top 20 in new happiness rankings

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There are reasons for optimism.

Because the covid pandemic hasn’t actually affected global happiness, scientists have found.

The Nordic countries once again dominated the World Happiness Report 2023.

While Finland was also named the happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row, in the annual UN-sponsored index.

Scroll down to see the full ranking list of the 137 countries involved.

The World Happiness Report, now in its eleventh year, is based on people’s own assessment of happiness, as well as economic and social data. Assigns a happiness score on a scale of zero to 10, based on an average of data over a three-year period.

Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for the sixth consecutive year, in an annual index sponsored by the UN.  In the photo, Helsinki, Finland

Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for the sixth consecutive year, in an annual index sponsored by the UN. In the photo, Helsinki, Finland

Eight of the ten happiest nations are in Europe, with Denmark coming in second, with 7.58 points.  In the photo, Copenhagen, Denmark

Eight of the ten happiest nations are in Europe, with Denmark coming in second, with 7.58 points. In the photo, Copenhagen, Denmark

It was followed by Iceland, Israel and the Netherlands, which registered scores of 7.53, 7.47 and 7.40 respectively.  Pictured above, Akureyri in North Iceland

It was followed by Iceland, Israel and the Netherlands, which registered scores of 7.53, 7.47 and 7.40 respectively. Pictured above, Akureyri in North Iceland

Despite several overlapping global crises, including the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, most countries saw global averages of life satisfaction between 2020 and 2022 as high as they were in the years before the pandemic, the researchers found.

Interviews with more than 100,000 people in the 137 ranked countries also showed significantly higher levels of benevolence globally than before the pandemic.

The World Happiness Report, now in its eleventh year, is based on people’s own assessment of happiness, as well as economic and social data.

Assigns a happiness score on a scale of zero to 10, based on an average of data over a three-year period.

This year, the authors also used data from social media to compare people’s emotions before and after the covid-19 pandemic.

Eight of the ten happiest nations are in Europe, with Denmark coming in second, with 7.58 points.

It was followed by Iceland, Israel and the Netherlands, which registered scores of 7.53, 7.47 and 7.40 respectively.

The UK fell three places from last year to 19th with 6.80 points, the figures show, behind the US.

Canada follows in 13th place, two places higher than last year’s lowest ranking.

Lithuania is the only new country in the top twenty, moving up more than 30 places since 2017, while France dropped out of the top 20, ranking 21st.

War-scarred Afghanistan and Lebanon remain the two unhappiest countries in the survey, retaining the bottom spots, with average life assessments more than five points lower than in the top 10 happiest countries.

Sierra Leone also fell to 135th position, ranking as the third most unhappy country with 3.14 points.

“Our country’s average happiness and rankings, both for emotions and life evaluations, have held remarkably stable over the three years of Covid,” said John Helliwell, Canadian economist and editor of the World Happiness Report. .

He added: ‘The changes in rankings that have taken place have been the continuation of longer-term trends, such as the increases seen in the rankings of the three Baltic countries.

“Even during these difficult years, positive emotions have remained twice as frequent as negative ones, and feelings of positive social support have been twice as strong as feelings of loneliness.”

War-scarred Afghanistan and Lebanon remain the two unhappiest countries in the survey, retaining the bottom spots, with average life assessments more than five points lower than in the top 10 happiest countries.  Pictured above, Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh Province, Afghanistan

War-scarred Afghanistan and Lebanon remain the two unhappiest countries in the survey, retaining the bottom spots, with average life assessments more than five points lower than in the top 10 happiest countries. Pictured above, Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh Province, Afghanistan

It is the first year that the rankings have taken into account Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, with Ukraine ranked 92nd and Russia 70th.

Both countries shared the global increases in benevolence during 2020 and 2021.

But during 2022, benevolence rose sharply in Ukraine but fell in Russia.

Despite the extent of suffering and damage in Ukraine, life assessments in September 2022 remained higher than after the 2014 annexation.

Analysts believe this is because Ukrainians now have a stronger sense of common purpose, benevolence, and trust in the Ukrainian leadership.

He study is carried out by the UN-backed Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University.

Complete Ranking: World Happiness Report 2023
Classification Country name Ladder Scoring
1 Finland 7,804
2 Denmark 7,586
3 Iceland 7,530
4 Israel 7,473
5 Netherlands 7,403
6 Sweden 7,395
7 Norway 7,315
8 Swiss 7,240
9 luxembourg 7,228
10 New Zealand 7,123
eleven Austria 7,097
12 Australia 7,095
13 Canada 6,961
14 Ireland 6,911
fifteen USA 6,894
sixteen Germany 6,892
17 Belgium 6,859
18 czech republic 6,845
19 United Kingdom 6,796
twenty Lithuania 6,763
twenty-one France 6,661
22 Slovenia 6,650
23 Costa Rica 6,609
24 Romania 6,589
25 Singapore 6,587
26 United Arab Emirates 6,571
27 Taiwan Province of China 6,535
28 Uruguay 6,494
29 Slovakia 6,469
30 Saudi Arabia 6,463
31 Estonia 6,455
32 Spain 6,436
33 Italy 6,405
3. 4 Kosovo 6,368
35 Chili 6,334
36 Mexico 6,330
37 malt 6,300
38 Panama 6,265
39 Poland 6,260
40 Nicaragua 6,259
41 latvia 6,213
42 bahrain 6,173
43 Guatemala 6,150
44 Kazakhstan 6,144
Four. Five Serbian 6,144
46 Cyprus 6,130
47 Japan 6,129
48 Croatia 6,125
49 Brazil 6,125
fifty The Savior 6,122
51 Hungary 6,041
52 Argentina 6,024
53 Honduras 6,023
54 uzbekistan 6,014
55 Malaysia 6,012
56 Portugal 5,968
57 South Korea 5,951
58 Greece 5,931
59 Mauricio 5,902
60 thailand 5,843
61 Mongolia 5,840
62 Kyrgyzstan 5,825
63 moldova 5,819
64 Porcelain 5,818
Sixty-five Vietnam 5,763
66 Paraguayan 5,738
67 montenegro 5,722
68 Jamaica 5,703
69 bolivian 5,684
70 Russia 5,661
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,633
72 Colombia 5,630
73 Dominican Republic 5,569
74 Ecuador 5,559
75 Peru 5,526
76 Philippines 5,523
77 Bulgaria 5,466
78 Nepal 5,360
79 Armenia 5,342
80 Tajikistan 5,330
81 Algeria 5,329
82 Hong Kong SAR of China 5,308
83 Albanian 5,277
84 Indonesia 5,277
85 South Africa 5,275
86 Congo (Brazzaville) 5,267
87 north macedonia 5,254
88 Venezuela 5,211
89 Laos 5,111
90 Georgia 5,109
91 Guinea 5,072
92 Ukraine 5,071
93 Ivory Coast 5,053
94 Gabon 5,035
95 Nigeria 4,981
96 Cameroon 4,973
97 Mozambique 4,954
98 Iraq 4,941
99 state of palestine 4,908
100 Morocco 4,903
101 Iran 4,876
102 Senegal 4,855
103 Mauritania 4,724
104 Burkina Faso 4,638
105 Namibia 4,631
106 Turkey 4,614
107 Ghana 4,605
108 Pakistan 4,555
109 Niger 4,501
110 Tunisia 4,497
111 Kenya 4,487
112 Sri Lanka 4,442
113 Uganda 4,432
114 Chad 4,397
115 Cambodia 4,393
116 Benin 4,374
117 burma 4,372
118 bangladeshi 4,282
119 Gambia 4,279
120 Mali 4,198
121 Egypt 4,170
122 Go 4,137
123 Jordan 4,120
124 Ethiopia 4,091
125 Liberia 4,042
126 India 4,036
127 Madagascar 4,019
128 Zambia 3,982
129 Tanzania 3,694
130 comoros 3,545
131 Malawi 3,495
132 botswana 3,435
133 Congo (Kinshasa) 3,207
134 Zimbabwe 3,204
135 Sierra Leone 3,138
136 Lebanon 2,392
137 Afghanistan 1,859
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