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2025 World Happiness Report shows U.S. in lowest-ever spot on list
CBS News
The United States this year fell to its lowest-ever place on the World Happiness Report, which highlights the positive effects benevolence and social connections have on people’s life satisfaction.
Finland remained the happiest nation for the eighth year in a row, while Mexico and Costa Rico ranked among the top 10 for the first time since the report was first published in 2012.
This year’s report, which was released Wednesday by Gallup and its partners, ranks 147 countries by their happiness levels — based on a population’s average assessment of their quality of life from 2022 to 2024.
Researchers found that the belief in the kindness of others, as well as actively caring about and sharing with others, has strong effects on happiness, according to the report.