Ireland Makes The Top 20 Happiest Countries On This International Day Of Happiness
The World Happiness Report
Ireland is one of the happiest countries in the world!
The World Happiness Report is out and it ranks Ireland in the top 20.
Finland has taken the top spot for the third year in a row.
While the rest of the top 10 looks like this:
2. Denmark
3. Switzerland
4. Iceland
5. Norway
6. Netherlands
7. Sweden
8. New Zealand
9. Austria
10. Luxembourg
Ireland came in at number 16.
Just under Costa Rica and ahead of Germany and the United states.
11. Canada
12. Australia
13. United Kingdom
14. Israel
15. Costa Rica
16. Ireland
17. Germany
18. United States
19. Czech Republic
20. Belgium
While it's a weird time to be thinking about happiness, editors of the report say difficult times can actually increase happiness.
"As revealed by earlier studies of earthquakes, floods, storms, tsunamis and even economic crises, a high trust society quite naturally looks for and finds co-operative ways to work together to repair the damage and rebuild better lives.'
"This has led sometimes to surprising increases in happiness in the wake of what might otherwise seem to be unmitigated disasters."
Happiest Cities
The World Happiness Report is put together by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the UN.
It started in 2012 and this year is the first time it has included cities.
Here are the top 10 happiest cities in the world:
1. Helsinki, Finland
2. Aarhus, Denmark
3. Wellington, New Zealand
4. Zurich, Switzerland
5. Copenhagen, Denmark
6. Bergen, Norway
7. Oslo, Norway
8. Tel Aviv, Israel
9. Stockholm, Sweden
10. Brisbane, Australia
Dublin appeared at number 22.
You can check out the full report here.
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