New Delhi, March 16 -- Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway. there has to be a reason Nordic countries consistently rank at the top of the list of the world's happiest countries. It's well documented that the Nordic countries-Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden-are among the world's most stable, prosperous and least corrupt. Happiness is inset into people's lives on account of high employment rates and salaries, an elevated standard of living, and strong political and civic freedom.

Even amid the pandemic, the Nordic countries ranked high on the happiness index, prompting Jeffrey D. Sachs, American economist and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, to state that year after year "life satisfactio...