Check Out The Happiest Countries In The World In 2024

The 2024 World Happiness Report is out, and for the seventh year in a row, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world again.

But the ranking, this time didn’t favour the United States which has hit a new low. The U.S. didn’t even make the top 20 list which makes it the first time it has ranked so poorly since the World Happiness Report was created in 2012.

This annual report ranks global happiness in more than 140 countries around the world. The ranking is based on six factors social support, income, health, freedom, generosity and absence of corruption using data from sources including the Gallup World Poll. Released every year in honor of the International Day of Happiness on March 20, it is a partnership between several outlets including the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Gallup and the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre.

Here is the World’s 20 Happiest Countries In 2024

1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Sweden
5. Israel
6. Netherlands
7. Norway
8. Luxembourg
9. Switzerland
10. Australia
11. New Zealand
12. Costa Rica
13. Kuwait
14. Austria
15. Canada
16. Belgium
17. Ireland
18. Czechia
19. Lithuania
20. United Kingdom