A list of happiest countries for 2024 has been released in World Happiness Report, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Center and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
The report is powered by data from the Gallup World Poll and analyzed by some of the world’s leading well-being scientists.
The findings was based on global data from surveys conducted among residents of over 140 countries.
Interdisciplinary experts from the fields of economics, psychology, sociology, and beyond then attempt to explain the variations across countries and over time using factors such as GDP, life expectancy, having someone to count on, a sense of freedom, generosity, and perceptions of corruption.
Countries are ranked in terms of happiness by taking into account average life ratings over the previous three years.
The report ranked Nigeria as the 102nd happiest nation in the world out of 143 countries.
This shows that the country has slid by 7 positions over the last year as it ranked 95th in the 2023 edition of the same report.
Nigeria came behind countries like Iran and Azerbaijan, which occupy the 100 and 101 positions.
Finland tops the overall list for the seventh successive year as the happiest nation in the world according to the report.
Mauritius emerged as the happiest African country by being in the 70th position on the global ranking.
Below is a list of 20 happiest countries in 2024:
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Sweden
5. Israel
6.The Netherlands
7. Norway
8. Luxembourg
9. Switzerland
10. Australia
11. New Zealand
12. Costa Rica
13. Kuwait
14. Austria
15. Canada
16. Belgium
17. Ireland
18. Czechia
19. Lithuania
20. United Kingdom
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