Finland named world's happiest country for 8th year in a row with top 5 countries all in Europe

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Finland named world's happiest country for 8th year in a row with top 5 countries all in Europe  For the first time in the annual World Happiness Report, benevolence is being considered as a factor in gauging our well-being.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/20/finland-crowned-worlds-happiest-country-for-8th-year-in-a-row-ahead-of-these-european-coun  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to

00:06the World Happiness Report 2025, published Thursday.

00:10While the US finds itself on the lowest spot ever this year, at minus 24, down 13 places

00:17from their best-ever ranking year in 2005, Afghanistan ranks last mainly due to the difficult

00:23situation for women.

00:25On Fly Highing, manager explains what makes Finland special in her eyes.

00:32People trust each other in Finland and I think like on many levels in the society we try

00:42to support each other so I think the system makes it kind of that you can trust it somehow.

00:53The rankings were based on people's self-rated life satisfaction.

00:57Researchers say that beyond health and wealth, sharing meals with others, having somebody

01:02to count on for social support and household size also influences happiness.

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