1. Finland: For the sixth year in a row, Finland is the world's happiest country, according to the World Happiness Report.
Australia's long been referred to as 'the lucky country' and now we can start saying we're one of the happiest countries in the world, too. The United Nation's 2023 World Happiness Index has just been released, and Australia has come in at a very cheery 12th position.
Finland, until recently led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin, voted its 5.5 million people the happiest population in the world for the sixth year in a row. Second is Denmark, whose Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen leads as Denmark's youngest prime minister since June 2019. Third is Iceland, also a Scandinavian country.
1. Finland. For the sixth year running, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world.
According to the 2023 World Happiness Report, Finland is the happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row. It's followed by Denmark, Iceland, Israel, and the Netherlands in the annual survey released on Monday, March 20, 2023, that ranks countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be.
Finland: For the sixth year in a row, Finland is the world's happiest country, according to the World Happiness Report. Aleksanterinkatu (Aleksi Street) in Helsinki is pictured. 2. Denmark: The Nordic countries all perform well by the measures used to determine happiness.
Among 146 countries ranked by the report, Afghanistan scores the lowest point of 2.523 and was ranked as the least 'happy' country in the world in 2022.
Just why Finns are happier than others comes down to a number of factors including lower income inequality (most importantly, the difference between the highest paid and the lowest paid), high social support, freedom to make decisions, and low levels of corruption.
Despite having less than half a per cent of the world's population, Australia is now home to 3.5 per cent of its millionaires. When measured by average wealth, Australia is fourth behind Switzerland, the United States and Hong Kong, indicating wealth is more evenly distributed in Australia.
Australians think that the lifestyle, climate and landscape, and way of life are what make Australia such a great place to live. It was clear that the warm climate, wide open spaces and laid back, friendly people work together to set Australia apart from the rest of the world.
Australia is a great place to bring up children and society is generally family-friendly with good healthcare, childcare, and education. In addition, it offers a healthy outdoor lifestyle as well as a generally safe and economically stable environment.
The quokka, a small marsupial native to Australia, is one such example of a species vulnerable to extinction in the country's harsh surroundings. Known as the “happiest animal in the world” due to its cute and friendly appearance, these creatures are now only found in a few isolated forests and small islands.
Saddest Countries in the World
Afghanistan is the saddest country in the world, with a happiness index of 2.4. Lebanon, with a happiness index of 2.96, is the second saddest country in the world. Zimbabwe, with a happiness index of 3, is the third-saddest country in the world.
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The United States is the most powerful country in the world. Its capital is Washington, DC. The country has the highest GDP of $23 trillion. Also known as the USA, it has 50 states and a population of 331,893,745.
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The World Happiness Report released its annual ranking of the happiest countries in the world and while Australia narrowly missed a spot in the top 10, it was ranked pretty high at number 12 on the list.
Indeed, married people are happier than unmarried people: across nearly five decades of surveys, data from the GSS shows that 36% of people who have ever been married (including divorced, separated, and widowed people) say they are “very happy” while just 11% are “not too happy,” compared to 22% and 15% for people who ...
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