The World Happiness Report is a ranking made every year since 2012, supported by the Un, listing countries supposed to be the happiest in the world. In 2022, Finland makes it first, neck and neck with other Nordic countries, and France ranks 20th, as inhabitants have been marked by Covid-19 epidemic-related restrictions.
This is the best ranking France has reached since the study was created, with an average grade of 6.8/10 when it comes to the level of happiness. The investigation relies on surveys crossed with the GDP, the level of solidarity, personal freedom and corruption in the country. According to the authors of the study, data have been globally surprising, the three forms of happiness having increased.
It is the “helping strangers” category has experienced the biggest growth, because since the pandemic, it seems there are more people helping strangers. But France does not measure up the Nordic countries with Finland at the lead, closely followed by Denmark and Iceland. Ranking 7th and 8th, Sweden and Norway. As for Afghanistan, the country ranks last, as the 146th country because 2021 signed the return of the Taliban at the head of the country. Lebanon is second to last as the economic crisis the country is experiencing is not improving.
