10 Happiest Countries in the World 2025

Nordic countries, located in Northern Europe, are the happiest countries in the world.

This is recorded in the *World Happiness Report 2025*, released by Gallup.

Gallup regularly conducts surveys on public happiness in various countries, with approximately 1,000 respondents per country per year.

Respondents are asked to rate their happiness on a scale of 0-10. The higher the score, the better their living conditions.

Using this method, in 2025 Finland was again at the top, the highest among the 147 countries surveyed.

"Finland has led in happiness for eight consecutive years. Finnish citizens had an average score of 7.736 out of 10 when asked to evaluate their lives," Gallup said in a press release on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

"Nordic countries again lead the happiness rankings. Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden remain in the top four positions and in the same order," it continued.

The 2025 score is an average of the scores from the surveys of the past three years.

"Our 2025 ranking is based on combined data from 2022 to 2024. With a sample of 3,000 people per country (accumulated sample over three years), it provides a more accurate estimate and reduces errors in random sampling," Gallup stated on its website.