Finland retains happiest country title in the world for the sixth consecutive year
The annual World Happiness Report is out and Finland has maintained to retain the title of the happiest country in the world for the sixth consecutive year. The country won the coveted prize due to high scores in factors the report uses to measure happiness: GDP per capita, social support, freedom, healthy life expectancy, generosity and low corruption.
The World Happiness Report is a publication of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and is based on global survey data from people in more than 150 countries. The report was released on Monday to mark International Day of Happiness.
Finland remains in the top position for the sixth year in a row. Lithuania is the only new country in the top twenty, up more than 30 places since 2017. War-torn Afghanistan and Lebanon remain the two unhappiest countries in the survey, with average life evaluations more than five points lower (on a scale running from 0 to 10) than in the ten happiest countries.
