A nordic welfare state's prime minister says ...

World's happiest people live in Finland.

Sure.

And Finland is cool too. A nordic welfare state that wants to be climate neutral by 2035. World's happiest people live in Finland. https://t.co/ce7flHw77c

— Sanna Marin (@MarinSanna) December 13, 2021

 

The world lies in a way.

According to The World Happiness Report, the ten happiest countries are:
Finland
Denmark
Switzerland
Iceland
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Austria

Why Finns came top in the happiness ratings four times in a row.

The World Happiness Report uses data from interviews of more than 350,000 people in 95 countries, conducted by the polling company Gallup. The rankings are not based on factors like income or life expectancy, but on how people rate their own happiness on a 10-point scale.

“We believe that these subjective, or self-perceived evaluations are a more reliable way to tell how good life is,” 

says Shun Wang, professor of the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in South Korea and one of the authors of the report.