Are you interested in knowing the happiest countries in the world for the year 2024?

What is the happiest country in the world?

Are there any Arab countries on the list of the happiest countries in the world for the year 2024?

In fact, it has been more than 10 years since the first ever World Happiness Report was released in 2012.

Since then, the United Nations has released an annual ranking of the world's happiest countries — places where residents are, on average, happier than others in the world.

During that time, many countries have gone through pandemics, natural disasters, and wars that have lasted for years. But the United Nations and governments around the world remain committed to finding out what makes people happier. So they can develop policies to increase well-being.

The ranking, which covers 143 countries and Afghanistan comes in last, is based on a three-year average from 2021 to 2023 of each population group’s assessment of their quality of life. It takes into account six key factors that influence happiness: social support, income, health, freedom, honesty, and absence of corruption.

For the first time, the report also provided separate rankings by age group. Looking at how happiness ratings differed among those under 30 (they topped Lithuania This list) and those over 60 years of age (Denmark It is the happiest country in the world per capita.) This subset).

The research compares generations, finding that “those born before 1965 are, on average, happier than those born since 1980. Among millennials, one’s life evaluation declines with each year of age. While among baby boomers, life satisfaction increases with age.”

These are the three happiest countries in the world in 2024:

3- Iceland

Countries around the world are divided into three groups: common interest states, special interest states, and weak states.

Iceland It is one of the common interest countries that supports a wide range of welfare-enhancing policies that increase overall happiness. Average life satisfaction is two points higher than in weak countries.

In fact, the Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden) have high levels of happiness and equality – and we know that equality contributes to overall life satisfaction.

2- Denmark

Speaking of the Nordic countries, the top three countries in this report are all located in this region. Denmark is ranked second in the report, maintaining its position from the last two years.

The country is widely known for having some of the highest tax rates in the world. But this results in widespread access to high-quality public services that consistently rank its population as one of the happiest in the world.

1- Finland

For the seventh year in a row, it has been ranked Finland It is the happiest country in the world.

Measures such as honesty (in Finland, people are more likely to expect their lost wallets to be returned, for example), income, freedom of choice, and life expectancy could explain why the country continues to hold the top spot.

At the Arab level, Kuwait ranked 13th globally. Then came the UAE in 22nd place, then Saudi Arabia 28th, Bahrain 62nd, Libya 66th, Algeria 85th, Iraq 92nd, and the Palestinian territories 103rd.

Morocco comes next in 107th place, Mauritania 111th, Tunisia 115th, Jordan 125th, Egypt 127th, Comoros 132nd, Yemen 133rd, and Lebanon 142nd, according to the order in the aforementioned list.