Afghanistan, March 20 -- The 2025 World Happiness Report highlights Finland as the happiest nation, while Afghanistan remains the saddest, plagued by turmoil.
The World Happiness Report 2025, published today, March 20, 2025, on the occasion of International Happiness Day, once again highlighted the stark contrast in living conditions between Finland and Afghanistan. The report, compiled by the Oxford Research Center for Welfare, Gallup, and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, evaluates happiness across over 140 countries, considering factors like GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom of choice, generosity, and perception of corruption.
For the consecutive year, Afghanistan was ranked as the saddest...