Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest-ever position
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Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.
Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the same order.
Country rankings were based on answers people give when asked to rate their own lives. The study was done in partnership with the analytics firm Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
When it comes to decreasing happiness — or growing unhappiness —the United States has dropped to its lowest-ever position at 24, having previously peaked at 11th place in 2012. The report states that the number of people dining alone in the United States has increased 53% over the past two decades.
That's what you get when everyone has a sauna.
And yes, many homes have it and one thing my Finnish friend does is sauna up and then jump in the snow. That'll wake you up.
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I'd agree.
Except I know support isn't actually available. Everyone says it is. But it actually isn't.
You won't get evicted or starve, but battling bureaucracy and being ignored by people will get to your happiness.
I get what you mean, support in laws and numbers is not real solidarity, and therefore not effective nor complete support.
But from an outsider perspective (and i still leave in one of the most "supporting" country i'd say), it's already a big step from our current position to not get evicted or starve.
It's a good thing to know that solving symptoms with money does not solve problems though, but i feel like it remains hard to explain to people that it's not already a big step forward.
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I'm convinced Finns have just found a way to troll this somehow. Not that Finland isn't great and all, but it just makes more sense.
According to the other comments, they ask "How are you?" ans the response is a barked out "eVeRyThInG Is gReAt" and this gets written down as a 5/5 on the happiness scale.
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As a Finn, I'd like to remind you this is 50% bullshit.
They go around asking people how they are and in Finnish culture, you're not allowed to complain, and our society sees to it that we give even substance abusers and drunks rent money, so people answer "can't complain".
Finnish people are emotionally stunted and don't even understand the concept of happiness.
Finnish people are emotionally stunted and don't even understand the concept of happiness.
I half agree with this. There's it's own kind of happiness in being stoic and staying to one self.
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As someone who grew up in Finland, I get what they mean. Finns only bitch about things to their inner friend circle (very small circle usually), anyone outside that gets maybe a sarcastic everything's great, especially that thing that's really pissing me off right now kind of response.
At the same time pretty much everyone gets treated generally fine and there is great support available for anyone, so it checks out those markers I assume this happiness quiz thing looks for.
Why this feels weird for Finns though, is that there's also some widespread deep depression in Finnish culture. From my viewpoint as someone who hasn't lived in Finland for a long time now, I think unlike most other places the source of the depression isn't the system grinding you down, it's more internal than that. Maybe just dealing with the elements and trying to figure out what you want do with your life kind of shit.Back home we were always joking, that Finland and Hungary are distant cousins in a head to head competition for highest amount of alcohol abuse and suicide.
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Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.
Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the same order.
Country rankings were based on answers people give when asked to rate their own lives. The study was done in partnership with the analytics firm Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
When it comes to decreasing happiness — or growing unhappiness —the United States has dropped to its lowest-ever position at 24, having previously peaked at 11th place in 2012. The report states that the number of people dining alone in the United States has increased 53% over the past two decades.
Damn socialists with their happiness. If my neighbour is happy, it makes me mad /s
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Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.
Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the same order.
Country rankings were based on answers people give when asked to rate their own lives. The study was done in partnership with the analytics firm Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
When it comes to decreasing happiness — or growing unhappiness —the United States has dropped to its lowest-ever position at 24, having previously peaked at 11th place in 2012. The report states that the number of people dining alone in the United States has increased 53% over the past two decades.
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Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.
Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the same order.
Country rankings were based on answers people give when asked to rate their own lives. The study was done in partnership with the analytics firm Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
When it comes to decreasing happiness — or growing unhappiness —the United States has dropped to its lowest-ever position at 24, having previously peaked at 11th place in 2012. The report states that the number of people dining alone in the United States has increased 53% over the past two decades.
I don't get how Finland managed to push Denmark to 2nd place??
We have way more bacon and beer than they do.
I think they are gaming the system. Look I even had enough beer and bacon to share it with EVERYBODY on the internet!! -
Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.
Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the same order.
Country rankings were based on answers people give when asked to rate their own lives. The study was done in partnership with the analytics firm Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
When it comes to decreasing happiness — or growing unhappiness —the United States has dropped to its lowest-ever position at 24, having previously peaked at 11th place in 2012. The report states that the number of people dining alone in the United States has increased 53% over the past two decades.
Wait till their government dump all public money on "defense"
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Wait till their government dump all public money on "defense"
Actually, the Finns already spend 2.4% of their GDP on defense, making them one of the highest defense spenders in Europe (relative to GDP)
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Actually, the Finns already spend 2.4% of their GDP on defense, making them one of the highest defense spenders in Europe (relative to GDP)
They are one of the highest spenders already and are planning on spending more. Dumping even more public money on war will make everyone happier wait and see..
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I dunno, man. Israel being 8th is pretty fucked up.
Israel has diced head first into being Nazis and they're almost all fucking about it. They're just happy they get to
exterminate the jewsget to be the ones doing the extermination this time.The 'problem' the US has is only 1/3 of us have embraced being nazis, while another 1/3 doesn't give a shit.
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Wait till their government dump all public money on "defense"
It's the prospect of kicking Russian butt that keeps them so happy.
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I don't get how Finland managed to push Denmark to 2nd place??
We have way more bacon and beer than they do.
I think they are gaming the system. Look I even had enough beer and bacon to share it with EVERYBODY on the internet!!Maybe, but we have 
vodka and russian drinking habbits. All the sad people are dead. -
I don't get how Finland managed to push Denmark to 2nd place??
We have way more bacon and beer than they do.
I think they are gaming the system. Look I even had enough beer and bacon to share it with EVERYBODY on the internet!!My recollection of danish food was, you can have meat you like as long as it came from a pig. Wouldn't surprise me if the beer was similar.
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Maybe, but we have vodka and russian drinking habbits. All the sad people are dead.
Oh so that's the secret, I thought there was something fishy about this, very clever and well played.
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Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.
Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the same order.
Country rankings were based on answers people give when asked to rate their own lives. The study was done in partnership with the analytics firm Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
When it comes to decreasing happiness — or growing unhappiness —the United States has dropped to its lowest-ever position at 24, having previously peaked at 11th place in 2012. The report states that the number of people dining alone in the United States has increased 53% over the past two decades.
Findland keeping its third world immigration at bay. Coincidence? Zealots will continue saying immigration is our greatest strength.
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Here's an old Finnish joke:
Why are people in Finland the happiest people on Earth?
Because all the sad people have killed themselves.It sucks that we still have that reputation abroad. We're doing a lot better in that front. Also at least 2019 and 2016 our suicide rate was actually lower than the US, where a lot of these jokes come from (I was pretty surprised)
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As a Finn, I'd like to remind you this is 50% bullshit.
They go around asking people how they are and in Finnish culture, you're not allowed to complain, and our society sees to it that we give even substance abusers and drunks rent money, so people answer "can't complain".
Finnish people are emotionally stunted and don't even understand the concept of happiness.
in Finnish culture, you’re not allowed to complain
What a load of shit, people complain openly all the time. Foreigners are even shocked when sometimes we're too frank in answering "how are you doing
and our society sees to it that we give even substance abusers and drunks rent money, so people answer “can’t complain”.
You think the ranking is bs because we realize that things are pretty good here?
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Findland keeping its third world immigration at bay. Coincidence? Zealots will continue saying immigration is our greatest strength.
weird way to refer to Russian aggression
