The happiest countries in the world in 2024

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Every year, the World Happiness Report publishes a list of the world’s happiest countries based on a survey of 1,000 people in each country.

They are asked to rank the quality of their lives on a scale of 0 to 10 in a life evaluation measure.

10. Mexico

Life evaluation: 6.979

9. Luxembourg

Life evaluation: 7.122

8. Israel

Life evaluation: 7.234

7. Norway

Life evaluation: 7.262

6. Costa Rica

Life evaluation: 7.274

5. Netherlands

Life evaluation: 7.306

4. Sweden

Life evaluation: 7.345

3. Iceland

Life evaluation: 7.515

2. Denmark

Life evaluation: 7.521

1. Finland

Life evaluation: 7.736

Special mention

India ranks 118th on the list with a life evaluation score of 4.389.

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