See The World’s 20 Happiest Countries In 2021

The happiest country is determined by various factors including levels of GDP, life expectancy, generosity, social support, freedom and corruption income among others.

The World Happiness Report, which was launched in 2012, is an annual survey conducted by the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The survey ranks global happiness in countries around the world.

However, according to CNN report, the World Happiness Report 2021 included different factors this time around due to coronavirus pandemic. Not only were researchers unable to complete face-to-face interviews in a number of countries, they also had to switch things up entirely by focusing on the relationship between physical and mental wellbeing and Covid-19.

For the fourth year running, Finland has come out on top in the annual list powered by data from the Gallup World Poll. Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands followed in second, third, fourth and fifth rank respectively.

While the United States moved up from 18th to 14th place and the United Kingdom dropped from 13th to 18th, Australia retained its 12th place position.

See the full list below:

1. Finland
2. Iceland
3. Denmark
4. Switzerland
5. Netherlands
6. Sweden
7. Germany
8. Norway
9. New Zealand
10. Austria
11. Israel
12. Australia
13. Ireland
14. United States
15. Canada
16. Czech Republic
17. Belgium
18. United Kingdom
19. China
20. France