India, March 20 -- India ranked 118 out of 147 countries in The World Happiness Report, 2025, which was published on Thursday, March 20, by the Wellbeing Research Centre, University of Oxford, in partnership with Gallup, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and an independent editorial board.

Finland emerged as the 'happiest' country yet again, followed closely by Denmark and Iceland, in the index that ranks countries according to the availability of various social, physical, and emotional support factors.

Afghanistan ranked the lowest owing to several Afghan women saying that their lives had become increasingly difficult, followed by Sierra Leone and Lebanon.

India's lowest ranking was 144 on the list in 2012, while its sc...