Top 10 Happiest Countries in the World
May 19th, 2009 by KatieMoney, love, freedom – happiness means something different to everyone. But where in the world are we most likely to find it??
I often wonder if certain countries are simply happier than others. Yes, is the answer to this question!
Check out this list of the Top 10 Happiest Countries in the World, based on a recent study.*
And if you fancy setting off on a quest for true happiness, our tip is to head for northern Europe…
Who is the Happiest of Them All?
1. Denmark
2. Finland
3. Netherlands
4. Sweden
5. Ireland
6. Canada
7. Switzerland
8. New Zealand
9. Norway
10. Belgium
Been to any of these countries? Was everyone on happy pills? Got more recommendations for happy countries??
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Photo: Happy people in Denmark by Flottenheimer
*List taken from happiness research conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Tags: canada, denmark, Finland, fun, happiest countries world, happiness research, Ireland, Netherlands, scandinavia, Sweden
May 19th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Well I have to say I had a friend from Copenhagen and she certainly was a happy soul!!
May 19th, 2009 at 8:29 am
I’m surprised at Ireland but if beer and rain equal happiness then so be it!
May 19th, 2009 at 10:25 am
That may be, but I’ve never seen happier people than Colombians at a salsa club.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Have you ever been to Brazil!?
May 19th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
And the Greeks on the island of Corfu lovely,helpful a joy to be with.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Never been to Brazil Mike but it’s on the list!
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:05 am
I like to think I’m the happiest country in the world.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:28 am
The People’s Republic of Nomadic Matt!!
May 31st, 2009 at 6:36 am
So far I’ve been to Denmark, Switzerland, and Norway and lived in Sweden for the most part of my life. All of these countries are happy! I’m surprised there are no countries in South America on the list.
July 6th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I wonder who did this survey!! how come Australia is not on the list?
It has been voted the 3rd happiest country on earth..
July 6th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Hi Milton,
It depends which survey you’re referring to. This one was done by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Each one produces different results!
Katie
July 29th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Awesome!! Thanks for the great list.all these places are great! They definitely make me want to take a vacation to each of these places.
August 7th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
hi to all ! in my idea the happiest country in the world is where we can to spend our best time with our freinds. i am from Afghanistan and i think here is the best place to live and it is one of the happiest country in the world.
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Well reading all the comments i guess, no can can be completely happy all the time, ups n downs are part of this life. I m a PAkistani n i believe that PAKISTAN is one of the happiest countries of the world, coz in worst conditions we feel easy n safe n be happy.
We have Asia’s Switzerland here in PAK name as SWAAT, World’s Second Highest peak K2, World’s highest Railway Station n many more…
We Always live happy n our hospitality is on top according to a survey in 2007.
so For me PAKISTAN is world’s happiest n best country.
September 4th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Finland is far from being a happy nation, it has the second suicide rate in the world.
Finland has the highest domestic related murders in the world.
two years in a row, students open fire at the students in a classroom, killing dozens.
old people are found dead in their flats many years later.
(Finland holds the world record with 5 years !)
Finns live isolated, don’t express their emotions, down town Helsinki, it is normal to see people drunk and wasted.
Depression reachs its Max. during long dark and cold winters.
September 4th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Correct : Highest murder cases in the EU zone, not the world !
September 20th, 2009 at 7:57 am
the happiest place in the world is india im suprised that INDIA is not in the list
October 29th, 2009 at 9:05 am
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October 31st, 2009 at 9:36 pm
many happiest place of india but this is the surprise factor of the no name of india in the list of happiest country.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:31 am
I have travelled a lot in the world and I agree with this list. I am Indian myself but if you ask me, most people in India, Pakistan, Brazil are just miserable. Do not fall for the media hype about Brazil. People in North Western Europe seem to the happiest of all to me. But not big cities like London though.
November 18th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
In my experience Scandinavian countries should always be on top. People from this part of the world are alway happy and have no worries. Full time happy. But concerning each and everyone then its come to home land and ofcourse everyone love his/her nation and think about it to the happiest place from them in the world. For me its my lovely lovely Pakistan, strange to the world but its a part of existence.
November 19th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I think Brazil is missing in the list, despite the social problems we have, we are the place where there spirit of the carnival truly lives.
November 29th, 2009 at 7:34 am
wow!!! out of 97 countries Nigeria is on the top 30…its sound good. thereafter, if nigerians are happy on this type of condition and lack of good rullers i think when they would gain there freedom they most become “THE MOST HAPPIEST IN WORLD” i promise you that.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
though most of the Indians are poor and some are the richest in the world, Indians I think are the most happiest people on this planet. I have been to Inida and lived there and I have seen people with so much positive thinking and smiles everywhere.
December 31st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
The wealthy or middle class educated in India may be happy, yes.. but the huge majority of the nation has dirt poor, starving, people who are oppressed by the ones at the top. India is one of the worst nations on earth when it comes to classism and racism- calling certain members of their very own people “untouchables”. India certainly is not even close to the happiest nation on earth, and rightly so. The US doesnt make the top 10 either, because in my opinion, weve become a nation of lazy couch potatoes that sit glued in front of our TVs, promoting capitalism as God’s holy word get rich at whomever’s expense, spending too much time on Republics vs. Democrats, and not enough time appreciating all of our friends and neighbors, regardless of political or religious views, reading books, and getting up off our lazy fat backsides….
January 11th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
INDIA : Of COURSE the happiest people in the world.
The Governments wash away more than a billion dollars of loans – passing the bucks to honest taxpayers just to garner votes – and they are happy.
People attack their own countrymen and tell them to go back to their own states because they don’t belong to their City – and the city actually Votes & supports such Swines to come to power – and they are happy.
Girls are regularly raped in Full Public view & Running Trains – while people merely oogle at this shame- no wonder they are happy.
Among the top in corruption, highest road accidents, maximum ransom kidnappings – Ahh we are indeed proud & happy Indians.
January 21st, 2010 at 8:44 am
People in India may not be rich but even in that much amount they live more happily and do good, they are keen to get their kids educated and will spend more money on luxuries if they can afford them.
Thats why some of the Indians are so rich.
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January 28th, 2010 at 12:39 am
venezuela the happiest country and its women the most beautiful!! VIVA VENEZUELA MI PATRIA QUERIDA
February 2nd, 2010 at 5:32 am
Ireland is by far the happiest country….and I have travelled all over the world. As for Julie’s statement about. What a stupid and rascist comment. In Ireland it rains, but no more than half, or more, countries that I have been to. Would you prefer the Sahara, where people are begging for water? What a silly a comment. And as for the beer. I have been all over the world and Irish people drink no more than most countries I have been too. What a rascist comment. I travel all over the world – ALL of Latin America, India, most of Africa, All of europe, India and much of Asia, most of Oceania – and Ireland is definitely the friendliest, happiest, and warmest that I have ever been to.
February 8th, 2010 at 3:19 am
I’m Maldivian and I’ve been to like almost every country in the world and in my opinion, I must reiterate that this is only my opinion; Japan is definitely the most disciplined and friendliest.