Happiness Report, which uses global survey data to report how people evaluate their own lives in more than 150 countries worldwide. The World Happiness Report 2022 reveals a bright light in dark times. The pandemic brought not only pain and suffering but also an increase in social support and benevolence. As we battle the ills of disease and war, it is essential to remember the universal desire for happiness and the capacity of individuals to rally to each other’s support in times of great need.
This report is prepared and released every year and as per the World Happiness Report 2022, Finland is once again the happiest country of the world and it has kept control on the top position for the straight fifth time in a row
Here is the list of top ten happiest nations of the world:
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Switzerland
5. The Netherlands
6. Luxembourg
7. Sweden
8. Norway
9. Israel
10. New Zealand
As far as India is concerned, it ranked 136 in the list while its neighbor Pakistan is ranked at 103.
Usually 150 countries of the world are evaluated in the World Happiness Report since 2012 when it started but this time 146 countries of the world have been taken into consideration.
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| Rank | Country | Happiness 2021 | Happiness 2020 | 2022 Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 7.842 | 7.809 | 5,554,960 |
| 2 | Denmark | 7.62 | 7.646 | 5,834,950 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 7.571 | 7.56 | 8,773,637 |
| 4 | Iceland | 7.554 | 7.504 | 345,393 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 7.464 | 7.449 | 17,211,447 |
| 6 | Norway | 7.392 | 7.488 | 5,511,370 |
| 7 | Sweden | 7.363 | 7.353 | 10,218,971 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 7.324 | 7.238 | 642,371 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 7.277 | 7.3 | 4,898,203 |
| 10 | Austria | 7.268 | 7.294 | 9,066,710 |
| 11 | Australia | 7.183 | 7.223 | 26,068,792 |
| 12 | Israel | 7.157 | 7.129 | 8,922,892 |
| 13 | Germany | 7.155 | 7.076 | 83,883,596 |
| 14 | Canada | 7.103 | 7.232 | 38,388,419 |
| 15 | Ireland | 7.085 | 7.129 | 5,020,199 |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 7.069 | 7.121 | 5,182,354 |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 7.064 | 7.165 | 68,497,907 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 6.965 | 6.911 | 10,736,784 |
| 19 | United States | 6.951 | 6.94 | 334,805,269 |
| 20 | Belgium | 6.834 | 6.864 | 11,668,278 |
| 21 | France | 6.69 | 6.664 | 65,584,518 |
| 22 | Bahrain | 6.647 | 6.227 | 1,783,983 |
| 23 | Malta | 6.602 | 6.773 | 444,033 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 6.584 | 6.455 | 23,888,595 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 6.561 | 6.791 | 10,081,785 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 6.494 | 6.406 | 35,844,909 |
| 27 | Spain | 6.491 | 6.401 | 46,719,142 |
| 28 | Italy | 6.483 | 6.387 | 60,262,770 |
| 29 | Slovenia | 6.461 | 6.363 | 2,078,034 |
| 30 | Guatemala | 6.435 | 6.399 | 18,584,039 |
| 31 | Uruguay | 6.431 | 6.44 | 3,496,016 |
| 32 | Singapore | 6.377 | 6.377 | 5,943,546 |
| 33 | Slovakia | 6.331 | 6.281 | 5,460,193 |
| 34 | Brazil | 6.33 | 6.376 | 215,353,593 |
| 35 | Mexico | 6.317 | 6.465 | 131,562,772 |
| 36 | Jamaica | 6.309 | 5.89 | 2,985,094 |
| 37 | Lithuania | 6.255 | 6.215 | 2,661,708 |
| 38 | Cyprus | 6.223 | 6.159 | 1,223,387 |
| 39 | Estonia | 6.189 | 6.022 | 1,321,910 |
| 40 | Panama | 6.18 | 6.305 | 4,446,964 |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 6.179 | 6.258 | 34,382,084 |
| 42 | Chile | 6.172 | 6.228 | 19,250,195 |
| 43 | Poland | 6.166 | 6.186 | 37,739,785 |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 6.152 | 6.058 | 19,205,043 |
| 45 | Romania | 6.14 | 6.124 | 19,031,335 |
| 46 | Kuwait | 6.106 | 6.102 | 4,380,326 |
| 47 | Serbia | 6.078 | 5.778 | 8,653,016 |
| 48 | El Salvador | 6.061 | 6.348 | 6,550,389 |
| 49 | Mauritius | 6.049 | 6.101 | 1,274,727 |
| 50 | Latvia | 6.032 | 5.95 | 1,848,837 |
| 51 | Colombia | 6.012 | 6.163 | 51,512,762 |
| 52 | Hungary | 5.992 | 6 | 9,606,259 |
| 53 | Thailand | 5.985 | 5.999 | 70,078,203 |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 5.972 | 6.137 | 6,779,100 |
| 55 | Japan | 5.94 | 5.871 | 125,584,838 |
| 57 | Portugal | 5.929 | 5.911 | 10,140,570 |
| 56 | Argentina | 5.929 | 5.975 | 46,010,234 |
| 58 | Honduras | 5.919 | 5.953 | 10,221,247 |
| 59 | Croatia | 5.882 | 5.505 | 4,059,286 |
| 60 | Philippines | 5.88 | 6.006 | 112,508,994 |
| 61 | South Korea | 5.845 | 5.872 | 51,329,899 |
| 62 | Peru | 5.84 | 5.797 | 33,684,208 |
| 63 | Bosnia And Herzegovina | 5.813 | 5.674 | 3,249,317 |
| 64 | Moldova | 5.766 | 5.608 | 4,013,171 |
| 65 | Ecuador | 5.764 | 5.925 | 18,113,361 |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.744 | 5.542 | 6,728,271 |
| 67 | Greece | 5.723 | 5.515 | 10,316,637 |
| 68 | Bolivia | 5.716 | 5.747 | 11,992,656 |
| 69 | Mongolia | 5.677 | 5.456 | 3,378,078 |
| 70 | Paraguay | 5.653 | 5.692 | 7,305,843 |
| 71 | Montenegro | 5.581 | 5.546 | 627,950 |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 5.545 | 5.689 | 11,056,370 |
| 73 | Belarus | 5.534 | 5.54 | 9,432,800 |
| 75 | Hong Kong | 5.477 | 5.51 | 7,604,299 |
| 74 | Russia | 5.477 | 5.546 | 145,805,947 |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 5.466 | 5.556 | 9,957,464 |
| 77 | Vietnam | 5.411 | 5.353 | 98,953,541 |
| 78 | Libya | 5.41 | 5.489 | 7,040,745 |
| 79 | Malaysia | 5.384 | 5.384 | 33,181,072 |
| 80 | Indonesia | 5.345 | 5.286 | 279,134,505 |
| 81 | Republic of the Congo | 5.342 | 5.194 | 5,797,805 |
| 82 | China | 5.339 | 5.124 | 1,448,471,400 |
| 83 | Ivory Coast | 5.306 | 5.233 | 27,742,298 |
| 84 | Armenia | 5.283 | 4.677 | 2,971,966 |
| 85 | Nepal | 5.269 | 5.137 | 30,225,582 |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 5.266 | 5.102 | 6,844,597 |
| 87 | Maldives | 5.198 | 5.198 | 540,985 |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 5.171 | 5.165 | 10,300,205 |
| 89 | Cameroon | 5.142 | 5.085 | 27,911,548 |
| 90 | Senegal | 5.132 | 4.981 | 17,653,671 |
| 91 | Albania | 5.117 | 4.883 | 2,866,374 |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 5.101 | 5.16 | 2,081,304 |
| 93 | Ghana | 5.088 | 5.148 | 32,395,450 |
| 94 | Niger | 5.074 | 4.91 | 26,083,660 |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 5.066 | 5.119 | 6,201,943 |
| 96 | Gambia | 5.051 | 4.751 | 2,558,482 |
| 97 | Benin | 5.045 | 5.216 | 12,784,726 |
| 98 | Laos | 5.03 | 4.889 | 7,481,023 |
| 99 | Bangladesh | 5.025 | 4.833 | 167,885,689 |
| 100 | Guinea | 4.984 | 4.949 | 13,865,691 |
| 101 | South Africa | 4.956 | 4.814 | 60,756,135 |
| 102 | Turkey | 4.948 | 5.132 | 85,561,976 |
| 103 | Pakistan | 4.934 | 5.693 | 229,488,994 |
| 104 | Morocco | 4.918 | 5.095 | 37,772,756 |
| 105 | Venezuela | 4.892 | 5.053 | 29,266,991 |
| 106 | Georgia | 4.891 | 4.673 | 3,968,738 |
| 107 | Algeria | 4.887 | 5.005 | 45,350,148 |
| 108 | Ukraine | 4.875 | 4.561 | 43,192,122 |
| 109 | Iraq | 4.854 | 4.785 | 42,164,965 |
| 110 | Gabon | 4.852 | 4.829 | 2,331,533 |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 4.834 | 4.769 | 22,102,838 |
| 112 | Cambodia | 4.83 | 4.848 | 17,168,639 |
| 113 | Mozambique | 4.794 | 4.624 | 33,089,461 |
| 114 | Nigeria | 4.759 | 4.724 | 216,746,934 |
| 115 | Mali | 4.723 | 4.729 | 21,473,764 |
| 116 | Iran | 4.721 | 4.672 | 86,022,837 |
| 117 | Uganda | 4.636 | 4.432 | 48,432,863 |
| 118 | Liberia | 4.625 | 4.558 | 5,305,117 |
| 119 | Kenya | 4.607 | 4.583 | 56,215,221 |
| 120 | Tunisia | 4.596 | 4.392 | 12,046,656 |
| 121 | Lebanon | 4.584 | 4.772 | 6,684,849 |
| 122 | Namibia | 4.574 | 4.571 | 2,633,874 |
| 123 | Myanmar | 4.426 | 4.308 | 55,227,143 |
| 124 | Jordan | 4.395 | 4.633 | 10,300,869 |
| 125 | Chad | 4.355 | 4.423 | 17,413,580 |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 4.325 | 4.327 | 21,575,842 |
| 127 | Eswatini | 4.308 | 4.308 | 1,184,817 |
| 128 | Comoros | 4.289 | 4.289 | 907,419 |
| 129 | Egypt | 4.283 | 4.151 | 106,156,692 |
| 130 | Ethiopia | 4.275 | 4.186 | 120,812,698 |
| 131 | Mauritania | 4.227 | 4.375 | 4,901,981 |
| 132 | Madagascar | 4.208 | 4.166 | 29,178,077 |
| 133 | Togo | 4.107 | 4.187 | 8,680,837 |
| 134 | Zambia | 4.073 | 3.759 | 19,470,234 |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 3.849 | 3.926 | 8,306,436 |
| 136 | India | 3.819 | 3.573 | 1,406,631,776 |
| 137 | Burundi | 3.775 | 3.775 | 12,624,840 |
| 138 | Yemen | 3.658 | 3.527 | 31,154,867 |
| 139 | Tanzania | 3.623 | 3.476 | 63,298,550 |
| 140 | Haiti | 3.615 | 3.721 | 11,680,283 |
| 141 | Malawi | 3.6 | 3.538 | 20,180,839 |
| 142 | Lesotho | 3.512 | 3.653 | 2,175,699 |
| 143 | Botswana | 3.467 | 3.479 | 2,441,162 |
| 144 | Rwanda | 3.415 | 3.312 | 13,600,464 |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 3.145 | 3.299 | 15,331,428 |
| 146 | Afghanistan | 2.523 | 2.567 | 40,754,388 |
