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19 March 2026

Executive summary: happiness and social media

World Happiness Report 2026

World Happiness Report 2026
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19 March 2026

International evidence on happiness and social media

World Happiness Report 2026

World Happiness Report 2026
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2 February 2026

Why single-item measures of wellbeing are best

Nature Human Behaviour

Nature Human Behaviour
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20 March 2025

World Happiness Report 2025: Executive summary

World Happiness Report 2025

World Happiness Report 2025
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20 March 2025

Caring and sharing: Global analysis of happiness and kindness

World Happiness Report 2025

World Happiness Report 2025
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20 March 2024

Happiness and Age: Summary

World Happiness Report 2024

World Happiness Report 2024
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20 March 2024

Happiness of the younger, the older, and those in between

World Happiness Report 2024

World Happiness Report 2024
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21 April 2022

Policy Stringency and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From 15 Countries

The Lancet Public Health

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19 January 2022

Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward

Perspectives on Psychological Science

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19 Mar 2026
Centre News
19 Mar 2026
Centre News

World Happiness Report 2026: Complex global picture...

Heavy social media use appears to be contributing to the drop in wellbeing among young people.

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20 Mar 2025
Centre News
20 Mar 2025
Centre News

World Happiness Report 2025: People are much...

Newly-published global evidence highlights the importance of caring and sharing to happiness.

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20 Mar 2024
Centre News
20 Mar 2024
Centre News

World Happiness Report 2024: Most comprehensive picture...

Researchers have developed our understanding of happiness among different generations.

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1 Apr 2023
In the Media
1 Apr 2023
In the Media

The Finnish Secret to Happiness? Knowing When...

Frank Martela, a psychology researcher at Aalto University, agreed with Ms. Paasimaki’s assessm

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20 Mar 2023
In the Media
20 Mar 2023
In the Media

Finland remains world’s happiest country on International...

Another author of the report, professor John Helliwell of the Vancouver School of Economics at

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20 Mar 2023
In the Media
20 Mar 2023
In the Media

These are the world’s 10 happiest countries...

The enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the war in Ukraine, and worldwide i

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19 Mar 2022
In the Media
19 Mar 2022
In the Media

Finland Named World’s Happiest Country for Fifth...

Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row, in an annual U

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27 Jul 2021
In the Media
27 Jul 2021
In the Media

Green Book Supplementary Guidance: Wellbeing

Supplementary guidance to the Green Book covering the consideration of wellbeing as part of the

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20 Apr 2021
In the Media
20 Apr 2021
In the Media

What Makes a Happy Country?

When governments around the world introduced coronavirus restrictions requiring people to stand

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1 Apr 2021
In the Media
1 Apr 2021
In the Media

3 Hidden Insights From This Year’s World...

Each year, the World Happiness Report provides a comprehensive ranking of the happiest countrie

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20 Mar 2021
In the Media
20 Mar 2021
In the Media

Finland Ranked Happiest Country In The World...

Finland has been named the happiest place in the world for a fourth year running, in an annual

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20 Mar 2021
In the Media
20 Mar 2021
In the Media

Finland Remains World’s Happiest Country For The...

Finland has once again defended its coveted title as the world's happiest country. It marks the

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20 Mar 2021
In the Media
20 Mar 2021
In the Media

Nell’anno della pandemia la Finlandia è il...

ROMA - Nell'anno della pandemia, la Finlandia è il paese più felice al mondo. E l'Italia risale

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20 Mar 2021
In the Media
20 Mar 2021
In the Media

The 20 Happiest Countries In The World...

Who doesn’t need some happy news these days? Just in time for the United Nation’s annual Intern

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20 Mar 2021
In the Media
20 Mar 2021
In the Media

This Country Has Just Been Named The...

To say the past year has been a difficult one for people across the globe is something of an un

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20 Mar 2021
In the Media
20 Mar 2021
In the Media

UK Falls In Global Happiness Ranking, With...

The UK has fallen five places on a global list ranking countries by happiness, as it grapples w

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20 Mar 2020
In the Media
20 Mar 2020
In the Media

The World’s Happiest Countries Revealed: Finland Keeps...

Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for the third year in a row by the Wor

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21 Mar 2019
In the Media
21 Mar 2019
In the Media

Britons Find Reasons To Be Cheerful In...

Britain has bucked the global trend of falling levels of happiness and is one of the few countr

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Economics, University of British Columbia

Prof. John Helliwell

Economics, University of British Columbia