What is Greece’s position on the list of the happiest countries on the planet: European north sweeps the primaries

Or is undoubtedly a happy place as for the seventh consecutive year, the country was declared the happiest in the world, according to its annual World Happiness Report for 2024. The report, which lists world happiness in more than 150 countries around the world, is published annually on March 20, which has been established as World Happiness Day. It is the first time that the report includes separate rankings per age group and brings rather bad news for young people. According to the report, Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Spain are countries where older people are now significantly happier than young people, while Portugal and Greece present the opposite pattern. Greece is in 64th place since the 58th which had been found last year. What is it you bring the coveted happiness? Residents assess their lives in the previous three years, in this case from 2021 to 2023. The exhibition is a partnership between Gallup, Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a editorial committee. The country of Finland in cool weather – where the northern saddle dances in winter and the summer sun shines all night – has understood a lot about the right social conditions for happiness. The research asks each participant to rate his life as a whole, considering what he appreciates, said John Helliwell, Emeritus Professor of Finance at the Vancouver School of Economics of the University of British Columbia and founding editor of the World Happiness Fair. “And you find that Finland is quite rich in all these things, such as wallets are returned if they fall into the street, that people help each other day after day, that health and education opportunities are very high quality and universal distribution”, he said. The report examines six key variables that help explain life assessments: Per capita GDP, social support, life expectancy, freedom, generosity and the perception of corruption. Given the war with Hamas, Israel can be a surprise at No. 5, although the country has been in the top ten since 2022. The authors of the report point out that the classification is based on an average of three years, which often weakens the effect of “inundation events occurring during a given year”. And the timing of the investigation obviously plays a role when there is a crisis. The investigation in Israel was conducted after Hamas attacked on October 7, but before much of the ensuing war conflicts. The Netherlands (No 6), Luxembourg (No 8), Switzerland (No 9) and Australia (No 10) complete the top ten.