The World Happiness Report has revealed the happiest countries in 2021.
For the fourth year running, Finland, the Nordic nation of nearly six million people, has topped the list of 149 countries in the World Happiness Report. European countries are considered the happiest nations with nine of the top ten happiest countries are from Europe.
Since the ranking was first published in 2012, the United Nations have taken different aspects into account to analyse and happiness. The results are published in its annual World Happiness Report. They include:
Happiest countries in the world:
Least happy countries in the world:
Finland is known for its outstanding public school system, good healthcare and egalitarian culture. That Finland kept its title during the pandemic is no surprise to international media. The New York Times states that Finns consider themselves as melancholic and reserved – both traits meant that they had mastered social distancing long before the pandemic. When coronavirus restrictions were introduced, requiring people to keep two metres apart from others, jokes in Finland started circulating: “Why can’t we stick to the usual four meters?”
Here are the main factors that the Happiness Report measures to gauge each country’s happiness level:
In countries where the above six factors score highly, people are likely to have higher degrees of reported happiness.
