The report was released on March 20, which the United Nations has designated as the International Day of Happiness since 2013.

Country rankings this year are based on life evaluations in 2020, 2021, and 2022, so all of the observations are drawn from years of high infection and deaths from COVID-19.

The factors that affect a country’s ranking include GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and perception of corruption.

The World Happiness Report is a Sustainable Development Solutions Network publication, powered by the Gallup World Poll data./.

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