ROma, Mar 20 (askanews) – Finland is the happiest country in the world, for the eighth consecutive year. The decreed the World Happiness Reportthe world report on happiness promoted annually by the United Nations.
Nature and welfare: Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth consecutive year
The inhabitants attribute the result in part to landscape beautieslike the great lakes, but above all to strong welfare system. But not everyone agrees: «When it comes to life satisfaction, it seems that the Finns are relatively satisfied with their lives and this has a lot to do with the fact that we have a society that works well. Democracy works well. We have free elections, freedom of speech, low corruption levels, “says a Helsinki university professor.
«Human rights and equality are the best reasons why Finland is a happy country – says a boy – Here you can really be the same. We are all the same, including immigrant Finns ». «Finland is not a very happy country at the moment. It was and it is hoped that one day it will be again, but at the moment it is not. There is war around the world and all sorts of terrible things that are happening, “says a woman.
The most unhappy countries, from Afghanistan to the United States
In the ranking, Afghanistan is still the most unhappy country in the worldwith repressions and violations of rights since the Talibans resumed control in 2020 and the United States dropped to 24th place, the lowest for them since 2012, since the report has been published: then they were eleventh.
Among the motivations there is the number of people who have lunch alone, “increased by 53% in the last two decades”, said the authors of the ranking, underlining how the sharing of meals is “strongly linked to well -being”. The report also found that the United States was one of the few countries to record an increase in the so -called “died of despair”, from suicide or abuse of substances.
The report examined citizens from all over the world in the period 2022-2024, before Donald Trump returned to the White House.
After Finland, other Nordic countries
The Nordic countries are all among the 10 happiest, with Denmark, Iceland and Sweden in the second, third and fourth place. Costa Rica and Mexico entered the top 10 for the first timerespectively in the sixth and tenth place. For Italy only the fortieth place.
The ranking of happiness It is based on a three -year average of individuals’ assessments on the satisfaction of popria lifebut also considers the GDP per capita, social support, life expectancy In good health, freedom, generosity and corruption in individual countries.
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