World Happiness Report 2024: Top happiest countries explored
Top happiest countries explored by World Happiness Report (Photo: freepik.com)
The World Happiness Report 2024 has identified the happiest countries in the world and assessed the level of happiness of people in different nations. It reveals which countries can be considered the happiest for various age groups and where Ukraine stands in this ranking.
Happiest countries in the world
According to the findings by researchers, the happiest country for the years 2021-2023 is Finland, which ranked first among all age groups.
For individuals under 30, Lithuania emerged as the happiest, while Denmark claimed the top spot for citizens over 60.
The happiest nations (infographic: worldhappiness.report)
Overall, the leaders in the ranking of happiest countries among all age groups are:
- Finland
- Denmark
- Iceland
- Sweden
- Israel
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Luxembourg
- Switzerland
- Australia
10 happiest countries in the world (infographic: worldhappiness.report)
Additionally, life satisfaction is steadily increasing in several countries. These include Serbia (37th place), Latvia (46th place), Bulgaria (81st place), and Congo (89th place).
Countries with the most unhappy populations
Among the countries whose citizens consider themselves the most unhappy are:
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- Lebanese Republic
- Kingdom of Lesotho
- Republic of Sierra Leone
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)
- Republic of Zimbabwe
- Republic of Botswana
- Republic of Malawi
- Kingdom of Eswatini
- Republic of Zambia
Afghanistan notably has the most unhappy population in terms of overall ranking and among all age groups.
The most unhappy countries in the world (infographic: worldhappiness.report)
Position of Ukraine
In this year's ranking, Ukraine is 105th, between the Republic of Cameroon and the Republic of Namibia.
Ukraine's position in the ranking (infographic: worldhappiness.report)
Remarkably, young Ukrainians consider themselves the happiest in our country, while older people are the least happy.
Life satisfaction assessment of different age groups (Infographic: worldhappiness.report)
