Finland ranks World's Happiest country for 3rd year in row

Finland has been ranked as the happiest country in the word for the third consecutive year, according to the latest UN World Happiest Report 2020.

As in 2018 and 2019 Finland again takes the top spot as the happiest country in the world, said the report published on Friday.

Denmark secured second position in the list followed by , Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, The Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand, Luxembourg and Austria.

Afghanistan ranked bottom in the list followed by South Sudan, Zimbabwe, . Rwanda, Central African Republic and Tanzania.

In addition to the country rankings, the World Happiness Report 2020 for the first time ranks cities around the world by their subjective well-being. It may come as no surprise, the happiest city in the world is Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Indeed, the Report shows that in general the happiness ranking of cities is almost identical to that of the countries in which they are located. The report then digs more deeply into how the social, urban and natural environments combine to affect our happiness. Walking in greenspaces makes people happy- but especially so if they are with a friend.

The World Happiness Report 2020, which ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be, according to their evaluations of their own lives, was launched today to coincide with World Happiness Day.