With the release of the 2025 World Happiness Report, the focus has been on the top countries in the rankings. They don’t mention trends except for highlighting “In general, the western industrial countries are now less happy than they were between 2005 and 2010.” But we care about world happiness. So, we think it’s worth […]

Our friends at the World Happiness Report have just published their 2025 rankings, based on self-reported happiness. We also wrote a chapter for the report! Read on to learn more. Once again, the Nordic countries claim the top spots, with Finland retaining its title as the world’s happiest country. These wealthy, homogenous, high-trust states with generous welfare […]