How is finland called the happiest country?
In the recently released Happiness Index 2025, finland once again managed to top the list of the happiest countries in the world. This is the eighth consecutive year when finland became the happiest country in the world. finland has been given 7.736 points out of 10 in the World Happiness Report. After finland, denmark is the second happiest country in the world. It is followed by Iceland, sweden and the Netherlands.
After the release of this report, people want to know how finland has been at the top of the list of happy countries for eight consecutive years. What are the reasons that make the people of finland so happy. In such a situation, we will know those factors of finland, due to which this country remains number one in the list of happiest countries.
How is the Happiness Report prepared?
In this report prepared by the Wellbeing Research Centre of Oxford University, people were asked several questions about their lives and they were asked to rate themselves on a scale of 0 to 10 in each question. In this report, people were asked how happy they are with their lives and how independent they feel. In this report, along with economic development, factors like caring for each other, sharing food with others, family bonds, social bonds, helping each other were taken into consideration.
This is how finland became the happiest country
According to the report, finland has a closeness to nature and a strong welfare system. This is the biggest reason why people here are happy. While preparing the report, it was observed how people help strangers. An experiment was conducted here, in which a purse was deliberately left. It was seen that the people of finland helped the most strangers by returning their purses. This is an indication that the people here are happy with their lives and they care for others and want to see them happy too. There is a feeling of kindness among the people here.
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