Kuwait ranks among world's happiest...

Top 20 happiest places to live have been revealed in the World Happiness Report 2024

This year’s World Happiness Report has just been released listing the happiest places to live. Unsurprisingly, Finland tops the list, holding onto the top slot for a seventh consecutive year.

A noteworthy inclusion at number 13 is Kuwait (pictured).

The report looks at six key metric: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and perceptions of corruption.

The result of a collaboration between Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and an editorial board, the report draws on data from people in more than 140 countries.

World’s 20 happiest countries in 2024

Finland
Denmark
Iceland
Sweden
Israel
Netherlands
Norway
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Australia
New Zealand
Costa Rica
Kuwait
Austria
Canada
Belgium
Ireland
Czechia
Lithuania
UK

Given the war with Hamas, Israel’s entry at number five may be a shock, however rankings are based on a three-year average, which often "mutes the effect of cataclysmic events happening during a particular year".

The report ranks Palestine at number 103 based on a poll conducted in the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank before the events of 7 October.

For more information, visit www.worldhappiness.report

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