Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.
Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the same order.
Country rankings were based on answers people give when asked to rate their own lives. The study was done in partnership with the analytics firm Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
When it comes to decreasing happiness — or growing unhappiness —the United States has dropped to its lowest-ever position at 24, having previously peaked at 11th place in 2012. The report states that the number of people dining alone in the United States has increased 53% over the past two decades.
It’s not a courtesy. It’s an extension of your willfull ignorance. You simply can not answer simple questions about what you think happened because of psychological blocks you have.
It’s incredible, I know, but the facts speak to the matter. So you know… my point about Finns being emotionally stunted evasive avoidant assholes stands pretty strongly at 100% when you literally say “I’m avoiding this conversation, willfully.”
Because you’re a coward who can’t accept reality. That’s unfortunately common in the Finnish spirit, and I aim to change it. That’s why I’m a patriot and you’re a coward.