World Happiness Report 2025: Identifying the Happiest Nation
The World Happiness Report is an annual publication, released by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network on the International Day of Happiness (20 March), that ranks countries based on factors contributing to happiness and well-being. These factors include social support, income, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and perceptions of corruption.
According to the World Happiness Report, 2025:
- Finland was ranked the happiest country in the world.
- This marked the eighth consecutive year that Finland topped the rankings (since 2018).
- The other Nordic countries also ranked high — Denmark (2nd), Iceland (3rd), and Sweden (4th).
The report attributes the consistent dominance of Nordic countries to strong social safety nets, high levels of trust, low corruption and effective governance.
Therefore, based on the 2025 report, Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row.
Important Questions from Indexes and Reports
According to the Forest Survey Report, 2021, area-wise which one of the following States have the largest forest cover in India?
According to the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2017, released by the World Economic Forum, among the 136 economies across the world, India ranked
According to the World Bank's annual report on the Ease of Doing Business (EODB), 'Doing Business 2020: Comparing Business Regulations in 190 Economies', India ranks ______ out of 190 countries.
What is India's rank in 2019 World Happiness Report?
Which of the following states ranked first in the Export Preparedness Index 2020 released by Niti Aayog?
