If you want to live in the happiest countries in the world, then perhaps it's about time to move to Nordic Europe.

According to the 2019 World Happiness Report from the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations, Finland is the happiest country in the world, followed by Denmark and Norway:

Each country's happiness score was computed based on multiple variables, including per capita gross domestic product, social support, life expectancy and freedom from corruption.

This year's 10 happiest countries are largely the same as last year's, with the exception of Austria supplanting Australia at 10th place.

The US dropped from 18th place to 19th this year, a drop that report co-editor Jeffrey Sachs attributes to issues related to addiction:

Addictions come in many forms, from substance abuse to gambling to digital media. The compulsive pursuit of substance abuse and addictive behaviors is causing severe unhappiness.



[Via CNN]

As CNN points out, among all the metrics used to measure happiness, the US only made top 10 in the area of per capita GDP. In other areas, the US ranks fairly low, including 62nd place in freedom and 42nd in absence of corruption.

[Read more at World Happiness Report]