Happiest country in the world

Finns are happiest in the world, according to the UN World Happiness Report 2019.  

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  Reason to be happy: Swedish households have higher incomes than the overall average among 24 countries.

• Finland stays in first place from last year and is followed by Denmark and Norway. Sweden ranked 9th last year and progressed up to 7th place this year. The United States dropped in the ranking and now sits at No. 19, one spot lower than last year. The report, published for the seventh time, ranks 156 countries and how happy their populations feel.

• The survey is based on GDP, social safety net, healthy life expectancy, absence of corruption, freedom and generosity over a two-year period (in this case 2016-2018).

• 1 Finland
  2 Denmark
  3 Norway
  4 Iceland
  5 Netherlands
  6 Switzerland
  7 Sweden
  8 New Zealand
  9 Canada
  10 Austria
  19 United States

• Countries at the bottom of the list:
  154 Afghanistan
  155 Central African Republic
  156 South Sudan