The World Happiness Report has revealed the happiest places on Earth - and yes, Australia's in there.
The report draws on global survey data from people in more than 140 countries. Countries are ranked on happiness based on their average life evaluations over the three preceding years, in this case 2021 to 2023The report is a partnership of Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and an editorial board.The Netherlands were sixth.
The report looks at six key variables to help explain life evaluations: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and perceptions of corruption.The report noted that the data for Israel, at fifth, was compiled after the October 7 attacks last year, but prior to "much" of the still-ongoing war with Hamas and bombing of Gaza.
The report's authors point out that its rankings are based on a three-year average, which often mutes the effect of "cataclysmic events happening during a particular year."The survey asks each participant to score their life as a whole, considering what they value, said John Helliwell, emeritus professor of economics at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia, and a founding editor of the World Happiness Report.
"And you find out Finland's pretty rich in all of those things, like wallets being returned if they're dropped in the street, people helping each other day in and day out, very high quality and universally distributed health and education opportunities – so everyone more or less comes out of the starting gate the same," he said.
He also noted that Finland has happy immigrants, "so it's something that they're prepared to share with newcomers."
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