Which countries have the highest levels of happiness?

Great to see that New Zealand is featured there. I once read that the tiny Pacific island of Vanuatu was the happiest place in the world. I quite believe that, having been there and observed the happiness of the people first hand.

So the colder countries are happier. My country isn't on the list either.

I will not go by which country is the happiest but who is the happiest and there perhaps I would top the list Because I know it is not how much one has but what one makes of what one has is the route to happiness.

you need to make your own happiness like children do when they play.

Philippines is the home of the funniest people they enjoy and have fun but when the time comes that they need to be serious, they change that's why they are versatile in the problems that they encounter.

I wonder how happiness is measured though!

they should be our examples in many ways....most of them are cold countries too

I guess there are many such lists made through different surveys , here is one where the happiest country is Panama and Switzsrland stands fourth , while India is 70th ....I thought we were not all that unhappy !

It's interesting to notice that almost all the positions in the top 10 are occupied by countries with cold climates. In theory it should be quite depressing to live in an area where it's cold and dark for most of the year and the sunny days are very precious, but it seems that those countries have reached such a level of prosperity that their inhabitants are very happy to live there and feel no need to move to warmer lands. I guess happiness has very little to do with the type of climate in which we live and a lot more in common with the economic and social context in which our existence takes place.

My country isn't in the list ,and it would never in the list for a long time ,but it doesn't matter ,I am in happiness !

My country is 90th. We are generally a happy people but based on the report we could be happier. The conditions in our country are improving but far from good. Thanks for posting this.

I must say that I am a very happy #5 as far as happiness is concerned.

My country is not on the list either oh well we shall just have to travel about a bit!

My country is not on this list as well. It makes me sad to realise that somewhere people live in happy countries, although the Earth is one for all

I wonder how that list might change now in Europe with the great change that is happening now in all the countries.

I told you that I am happy we moved to Switzerland.

That is pretty interesting. I would have thought that the U.S. would have been on that list somewhere.

I should move to Switzerland then LOL

I think the sense of community thing is very important for levels of happiness. Helping others can be a huge boost to levels of self-esteem and happiness.

Mine isn't either. We could learn from them, but won't. We're stubborn that way. What they have in common is health care for everyone, paid family leave and free education (most through college).