World Happiness Report -2023

Finland was named the world’s happiest country for the sixth year in a row in the World Happiness Report -2023. India was ranked 126 of the 137 countries on the list.

World Happiness Report -2023

• Released on: March 20, 20231
• Released by: United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN-SDSN)
• India Ranked: 126 out of the 137 countries (India’s rank in 2022 was -136 among 146 countries)
• Bottom rank: Afghanistan (137)

Important Points of World Happiness Report -2023

• Top-3 countries.

1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland

• Bottom 3 countries

1. 1. 137 – Afghanistan
   2. 136-Lebanon
   3. 135-Sierra Leon

• India has the lower happiness score behind China (rank- 64) Nepal (rank- 78), Pakistan (rank -108), Bangladesh (rank -118) and Sri Lanka (rank-112).
• While Ukraine’s ranking improved from 98 to 92 this year, despite the Russian invasion, its overall score fell from 5.084 to 5.071, on a scale of zero to 10.