Finland ranked happiest country in the world

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Finland ranked happiest country in the world - again

By Naveel Krishant

20/03/2021

Summer in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.[Photo: Oleksiy Mark/123rf]

Finland has been named the happiest place in the world for a fourth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored report.

The World Happiness Report saw Denmark in second place, then Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands.

New Zealand was again the only non-European nation in the top 10.

Data from analytics researcher Gallup asked people in 149 countries to rate their own happiness.

[Source : BBC]

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