New report reveals the country that is the happiest in the world

Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published on Thursday by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain in the top four and in the same order
New report reveals the country that is the happiest in the world

A woman enjoys a sunny and frosty day on the embankment of the South Harbour in Helsinki, Finland. File picture: Sergei Grits/AP

Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025.

Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published on Thursday by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain in the top four and in the same order.

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