U.S. falls in world happiness report, Finland named happiest country

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The World Happiness Report was released Wednesday by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations.

The 136-page report ranks countries on six key variables that support well-being: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity. It then analyzes those rankings over time and, in some cases, raises potential causes for spikes and decreases in happiness.

The report named Finland the world’s happiest country, followed by Denmark, Norway, Iceland and the Netherlands. The U.S. came in 19th, a one-place drop from 2018?s report and a five-spot drop since 2017?s. Canada ranked 9th overall and Mexico 23rd.

Except for its 10th-place ranking for income, the US did not rank in the top 10 on measures that make up a happy country in the report, placing 12th for generosity, 37th for social support, 61st for freedom and 42nd for corruption.

https://www.tampabay.com/data/2019/03/20/us-falls-in-world-happiness-report-finland-named-happiest-country/

World Happiness Report https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2019/WHR19.pdf

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1. Keep on electing republicans and coddling the religious right, see how low we can get!

[catrose]

2. Despite the fact that Finland's COLD!

But I think I could stand it

[llmart]

3. 61st for freedom

Isn't that just grand.

So much for the USA! USA! USA!