Finland: Happiest country in the world, UN report says

None of the world's most populous countries rank among the top twenties.

According to a UN report released on Wednesday, Finland has firmly established itself as the world's happiest country for the seventh consecutive year.

The Nordic countries dominate the top ten, with Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden, following Finland.

Afghanistan, which has been beset by a humanitarian crisis since the Taliban, retook control in 2020, is ranked lowest out of 143 countries.

For the first time in more than a decade, the United States and Germany did not rank among the top 20 happiest countries, coming in 23rd and 24th position. Costa Rica and Kuwait join the top 20 at twelfth and thirteenth, respectively. None of the world's most populous countries rank among the top twenties.

Among the top tens, only the Netherlands and Australia have more than 15 million people. According to the research, only Canada and the United Kingdom have more than 30 million people.

Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Jordan have experienced the steepest drops in the happiness index from 2006-10, while Serbia, Bulgaria, and Latvia have seen the greatest rises.

Since 2012, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network has issued an annual World Happiness Report as a measure of happiness. It is based on people's perceptions of happiness, as well as economic and social statistics.

The report considers six major factors: social support, income, health, independence, charity, and the absence of corruption.

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