Politics Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest-ever position

Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest-ever position


People walk next to the Havis Amanda statue on the Market Square in the center of Helsinki, Finland, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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.

“Happiness isn’t just about wealth or growth — it’s about trust, connection and knowing people have your back,” said Jon Clifton, the CEO of Gallup. “If we want stronger communities and economies, we must invest in what truly matters: each other.”

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According to my Cooking of Scandinavia book, Norwegians eat to live, Danes live to eat, Swedes eat to drink and Finns eat and drink.

Personally I put Denmark first. Pastry!

 

They no longer have an active F1 driver. Let's see how they fair next year once that realization sinks in.

 

You mean "was a rally driver?"

Finland is not the Netherland. You know it because Finland has hills. You can also tell Finland from the other Scandinavian countries because their roads go over the hills where elsewhere they try to go around the hills. So, the Finns are used to going up and down and elsewhere in Scandinavia they are used to go right and left.

 

I guess I did. These finns and their haggis confused me

 

If you associate Finns and haggis you are confused!

 

Àaargh!