For the sixth year in a row, Finland is the world's happiest country, according to World Happiness Report rankings based largely on life evaluations from the Gallup World Poll.
Where did Australia rank in the happiest countries list? Our great southern land ranked 12th on the list this year. This is the same as it was in 2022, but we dropped down from our position of 11th in 2020. The highest we've been in the last decade was in 2016, when we were ranked ninth globally.
Who are the happiest people in the world? According to global assessments, the countries of Finland, Norway, and Iceland have some of the highest happiness levels.
Finland, until recently led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin, voted its 5.5 million people the happiest population in the world for the sixth year in a row. Second is Denmark, whose Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen leads as Denmark's youngest prime minister since June 2019. Third is Iceland, also a Scandinavian country.
Saddest Countries in the World
Afghanistan is the saddest country in the world, with a happiness index of 2.4. Lebanon, with a happiness index of 2.96, is the second saddest country in the world. Zimbabwe, with a happiness index of 3, is the third-saddest country in the world.
For the sixth year in a row, Finland is the world's happiest country, according to World Happiness Report rankings based largely on life evaluations from the Gallup World Poll.
Among 146 countries ranked by the report, Afghanistan scores the lowest point of 2.523 and was ranked as the least 'happy' country in the world in 2022.
According to the 2023 World Happiness Report, Finland is the happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row. It's followed by Denmark, Iceland, Israel, and the Netherlands in the annual survey released on Monday, March 20, 2023, that ranks countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be.
According to a study published in the Social Indicators Research journal, we're the happiest between the ages of 30-34, and midlife (our 40s and 50s) is not perceived as the least happy period in life.
People are happiest with their lives over the age of 50.
Experts found that in 145 countries, that's when most people felt the most content in their lives. The peak, actually, is considered the ages of 60 to 75.
To begin, one of the leading contributions to the happiness of Nordic countries is the high level of trust between citizens, which leads to social cohesion. This so-called social cohesion leads to an increased level of trust, which can make living in a community a more pleasant experience.
“Queensland's known as the Sunshine State. All those rays and the laid-back lifestyle might be among the reasons why it's Australia's happiest state,” Bayliss said.
Eight in 10 (80%) Australians are describing themselves as happy, however this is a fall from 85% in December 2021, according to Ipsos's latest Global Happiness survey. On average globally, nearly three in four (73%) adults across 32 countries describe themselves as happy.
Where did Australia rank in the happiest countries list? Our great southern land ranked 12th on the list this year. This is the same as it was in 2022, but we dropped down from our position of 11th in 2020. The highest we've been in the last decade was in 2016, when we were ranked 9th globally.
The World Happiness Report released its annual ranking of the happiest countries in the world and while Australia narrowly missed a spot in the top 10, it was ranked pretty high at number 12 on the list.
Finland is the No. 1 happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row. Finland has been the happiest country in the world since 2016. The World Happiness Report released its annual ranking of the happiest countries in the world and for the sixth year in a row Finland has landed in the top spot.
Afghanistan, which came 137th, was ranked the least-happy country, followed by Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, Malawi, Comoros and Tanzania.
According to the 2015 World Happiness Report, Switzerland topped the list of 158 nations ranked for the economic and scientific measures that are deemed to make people feel content, such as GDP per capita, social support, a healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, and generosity.
Japan is ranked nr. 54 on the list of the World's happiest countries. There's a huge happiness gap between the Nordic countries and Japan. Why?
Rankings per continent
Europe is home to some of the happiest nations worldwide, with a score equal to 6.4 out of 10. Finland tops the list, while war-hit Ukraine is the unhappiest country in the region. North America has an average happiness score of 6.3, with Canada being the happiest country in the region.