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Since 2013, the United Nations has celebrated the International Day of Happiness on March 20 to highlight the importance of happiness in the lives of people around the world.
According to the UN, a country’s success must be judged by how happy its people are.
The past year has been marked by global crises, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, violence against Palestinians, worldwide inflation, horrific natural disasters, and a range of climate emergencies.
With all that has ensued, what countries are the happiest? And what countries are the most unhappy?
Here are the top 10 happiest countries according to the World Happiness Report, powered by the Gallup World Poll data:
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Israel
5. Netherlands
6. Sweden
7. Norway
8. Switzerland
9. Luxembourg
10. New Zealand
The report looks at six key factors to analyze self-reported levels of happiness across the world: social support, income, health, freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption. Governments are increasingly using this analysis to orient policies towards happiness, according to the researchers.
Which are the most miserable?
The report also determined which countries are the most unhappy around the world. War-torn Afghanistan and crisis-hit Lebanon remain the two unhappiest countries in the world, according to the survey.
The survey showed that almost everyone in the two countries is unhappy.
Here are the top 10 unhappiest countries, ranked by most unhappy to least unhappy:
1. Afghanistan
2. Lebanon
3. Sierra Leone
4. Zimbabwe
5. Democratic Republic of Congo
6. Botswana
7. Malawi
8. Comoros
9. Tanzania
10. Zambia
The happiest Arab countries
Iraq ranked 98 while the UAE listed the happiest Arab country in the world, ranking in at 26, Saudi Arabia ranks at number 30 in the world.
