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The world’s happiest and unhappiest places to live in 2018

Where's happiest in 2018?
20th least happy: Sudan
19th least happy: Ukraine
18th least happy: Togo
17th least happy: Guinea
16th least happy: Lesotho
15th least happy: Angola
14th least happy: Madagascar
13th least happy: Zimbabwe
12th least happy: Afghanistan
11th least happy: Botswana
10th least happy: Malawi
9th least happy: Haiti
8th least happy: Liberia
7th least happy: Syria
6th least happy: Rwanda
5th least happy: Yemen
4th least happy: Tanzania
3rd least happy: South Sudan
2nd least happy: Central African Republic
The unhappiest nation: Burundi
20th most happy: United Arab Emirates
19th most happy: United Kingdom
18th most happy: United States of America
17th most happy: Luxembourg
16th most happy: Belgium
15th most happy: Germany
14th most happy: Ireland
13th most happy: Costa Rica
12th most happy: Austria
11th most happy: Israel
10th most happy: Australia
9th most happy: Sweden
8th most happy: New Zealand
7th most happy: Canada
6th most happy: Netherlands
5th most happy: Switzerland
4th most happy: Iceland
3rd most happy: Denmark
2nd most happy: Norway
The happiest nation is... Finland
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Where's happiest in 2018?

For its 2018 World Happiness Report, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) for the United Nations studied 156 countries and considered six variables: GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, social support, perceived freedom to make life choices, perceptions of corruption and generosity. These were rated on a scale from 1 (worst) to 10 (best). We count down the 20 unhappiest and the 20 happiest nations.
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19 March 2018

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