World's Happiest Countries

Here are the top 20 "Happiest" countries according to the annual World Happiness Report.

https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2024/happiness-of-the-younger-the-older-and-those-in-between/#ranking-of-happiness-2021-2023

An interesting element is that only two of these countries, Canada and the UK, have a population of more than 30 million. The U.S. with a population of roughly 330 million, was #23.

Finland
Denmark
Iceland
Sweden
Israel
Netherlands
Norway
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Australia
New Zealand
Costa Rica
Kuwait
Austria
Canada
Belgium
Ireland
Czechia
Lithuania
United Kingdom

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robertsnj · 56-60, M

I wonder if one could cross referene that with the gini index and GDP of those countries and find a pattern.

Ynotisay · M

@robertsnj Good question. Got me curious. Per the GINI index it appears that the Nordic countries represent the lowest levels of wealth disparity in the world. In the top ten, both Israel and Australia were substantially higher. As is the U.S. Slovakia had the overall lowest. Generally lower poverty rates too.