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Finland world's happiest country for eighth year in a row — UN report  Finland once again tops the World Happiness Report which was released on March 20, 2025 and measures social support, income, health, freedom, generosity and the absence of corruption to determine a country's national happiness. People in 143 countries and territories were asked to evaluate their life on a scale from zero to 10, with 10 representing their best possible life. Results from the past three years are averaged to create a ranking. Finland remained in the top spot for an eighth year - with an average score of 7.75 - followed by Denmark, Iceland and Sweden, while Afghanistan held the bottom spot with scores of 1.36.   REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #finland

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00:00Well, in this year's World Happiness Report, we have Finland again at the very top and

00:16the average life satisfaction in Finland is around 7.75 as people self-report the way

00:21their lives are going.

00:23That's the very top, so the other Nordic countries follow closely behind Finland with Denmark

00:28and Sweden and Iceland.

00:30At the very bottom of the World Happiness Report, we have Afghanistan falling even lower

00:35with an average life satisfaction in the country with now 1.3 out of 10 in the way that people

00:42self-rate the way their lives are going.

00:52They have lots of resources, GDP, and especially they share it very equally, so it's a rising

00:58tide lifting all boats approach with them.

01:01They also redistribute this level of income through the welfare state, which takes and

01:05helps out people who otherwise fall off the ship, and that gives them a safety net which

01:11provides psychological safety as well, which is obviously very important to the way people

01:15feel.

01:16And then they exhibit healthy lifestyles, healthy behaviors resulting in healthy life

01:23expectancy and a healthcare system which is mostly universal and free.

01:30And then, importantly, social support.

01:33So they trust each other, both others in the community around them, but also the institutions.

01:40And that turns out to be really, really important and a bit of a differentiator from other rich

01:44countries with long life expectancies.

01:47It's a good thing to put a spotlight on places like Costa Rica and Mexico because they are

01:52achieving high levels of life satisfaction in their population with a different set of

01:58recipe, with a different set of ingredients.

02:01So they do not necessarily have the high income, GDP per capita, and the redistribution through

02:07the welfare state.

02:08What they do have, and this is also something we focus in on this year, is they have a very

02:13strong family set, a set of family ties, so their immediate community is very strong.

02:19The larger political turbulence, shall we say, these days does very much play a role.

02:25And we pick this up in the negative emotions around anxiety, worry, stress.

02:31For example, around the world, the degree that people worry has increased extraordinarily.

Finland world's happiest country for eighth year in a row — UN report

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