World’s happiest countries ranked

For the sixth straight year, Finland has been named the world’s happiest country in the World Happiness Report. The report, compiled by an international team of researchers, has been published annually since 2012. The researchers used data collected from 100,000 people in 137 countries, who were asked to rank their satisfaction with their lives on a scale of 1 to 10. In the happiest countries, people were found to have high levels of social support, such as accessible healthcare, education, and housing. Citizens said they have healthy life expectancies and the freedom to make life choices. Corruption (use of a position of power for personal or political gain) is rare, and people help others in need. For people in Finland, happiness “stems from a close relationship with nature and our…

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