It’s that time of the year when everyone questions why Finland is so happy
The 2026 ranking for the happiest countries in the world has been revealed as well as Britain’s position on the list.
The UK wouldn’t be the iconic, miserable, wet, but also stoic nation that we are if we were all perpetually happy like the Canadians or Americans.
With that said, we’ve still got to rank somewhere, and, actually, it’s not as bad as you might think at first, especially when the UK often comes near the top of the ugly duckling sibling of the ranking world – most miserable nations.
Of course the top 10 features all the Nordic countries, with Finland number one, Iceland number two, and Denmark number three.
Meanwhile, Sweden comes in fifth and Norway sixth.
The top ten is rounded out by Costa Rica in fourth, Israel in eighth, Luxembourg ninth and Switzerland in tenth.
The ranking is compiled by the World Happiness Report who judge the scores off equality, social support, GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, perceptions of corruption, positive emotions and negative emotions.
The full list is as follows:
- Finland
- Iceland
- Denmark
- Costa Rica
- Sweden
- Norway
- Netherlands
- Israel
- Luxembourg
- Switzerland
- New Zealand
- Mexico
- Ireland
- Belgium
- Australia
- Kosovo
- Germany
- Slovenia
- Austria
- Czechia
- United Arab Emirates
- Saudi Arabia
- United States
- Poland
- Canada
- Taiwan
- Belize
- Lithuania
- United Kingdom
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