The Nordic country that has been chosen as the happiest in the world

Finland has been chosen as the “Happiest Country in the World” for the sixth consecutive year and Argentina has climbed five spots in the Happiness ranking from the previous year, ranking 52nd globally, according to the index. by the United Nations (UN) and released today as part of the International Day of Happiness.

The World Happiness Report, first published in 2012, it is based on the assessments that people themselves make of their situation, their economic well-being and various social indicators. In this case it is a classification carried out between 2020 and 2022.

In this new edition, the key factors considered to measure “self-reported happiness levels” around the world are social support, income, health, freedom, generosity and absence of corruption in different countries.

In this way and for the sixth consecutive year, Finland leads the ranking as “the happiest country in the world”, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Israel – which rises five positions compared to last year – and the Netherlands.

Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg and New Zealand round out the Top 10 United Nations Happiness Index, which once again positions northern European countries “as the happiest nations”.

Meanwhile, the first Latin American country in the standings is Costa Rica with position 23, Uruguay follows with 28 and Chile with 35, almost 10 points more than the previous year.

Argentina, for its part, has risen by five points since the last report and is positioned at number 52 in the world rankings.

According to its authors, this year’s Happiness Report shows that despite “several overlapping crises,” most populations around the world continue to be “extraordinarily resilient,” with global averages of life satisfaction in the Covid-19 pandemic (2020-2022 ) “as high” as those of the years preceding the pandemic.

However, they cautioned that in many cases, happiness is “unevenly distributed” within countries, so the report investigates the “happiness gap between the top and bottom halves of the population” in a country. .

The service highlighted the situation in Ukraine, one of the countries currently at war, which “improved its position” going from 98th to 92nd position compared to the previous edition, drawn up before the start of the conflict with Russia, the news agency press reported AFP News.

Despite “the extent of suffering and damage in Ukraine”, there is a “much stronger sense that there is a common purpose, benevolence and trust in the Ukrainian leadership,” the report said.

Meanwhile, Afghanistan and Lebanon, also “devastated by the war”, remained at the bottom of the ranking, in a context of “aggravation of the humanitarian crisis”.

The report was released by the United Nations as part of the International Day of Happiness, which is celebrated every 20 March, with the aim that its findings are a contribution to support public and private policies to help promote happiness and the well being. .