Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland starts this year's list, while Sweden comes first, after the Netherlands and Switzerland. New Zealand and Canada are the only non-european countries in the top ten which ends with Austria.
topping the Finland list, presented annually since 2012, with the exception of 2104. Denmark has topped the list twice – in 2013 and 2016) and Norway topped the 2017, but Sweden's best placement is 5 years, 2013.
the Uk is on the 15th place, the united states at 19, Japan at 58, Russia 68, China 93. Minimum experience of happiness, the population of south Sudan followed by the central African republic, Afghanistan, Tanzania and Rwanda.
this Year's report focuses specifically on happiness and community, which in turn mainly emanates from the population's perceived sense of generosity, one of the survey's six main areas. The other is the gdp per capita, social support, expected healthy life expectancy, freedom and absence of corruption.
in the UNSDSN's World Happiness Report, which to a large extent emanates from Gallup's global polling and the lands of how satisfied or happy are the respective country's inhabitants feel. The data is an average value from the three previous years.