South Korea Ranks 59th in Happiness Index... Finland Takes 1st Place

Santa Claus Village in Finland Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] South Korea's happiness index ranked 59th out of 146 countries. Finland took first place, followed by Denmark in second.

The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), an advisory body under the United Nations, released the "2022 World Happiness Report" on the 18th (local time), containing this information.

Since 2012, SDSN has calculated the happiness index based on three years of data for six categories: national gross domestic product (GDP), life expectancy, social support, freedom, corruption, and generosity.

From 2019 to 2021, South Korea's happiness index was 5.935 points, ranking 59th. In the combined ranking for 2018?2020 released last year, South Korea was 62nd out of 149 countries with 5.845 points.

In this year's happiness index ranking, Finland ranked first with 7.821 points, followed by Denmark (7.636 points), Iceland (7.557 points), Switzerland (7.512 points), and the Netherlands (7.415 points).

In North America, Canada (7.025 points) and the United States (6.977 points) ranked 15th and 16th respectively, while in Europe, the United Kingdom (6.943 points) ranked 17th and France (6.687 points) ranked 20th.

Among East Asian countries, Taiwan (6.512 points) had the highest ranking at 26th. Japan (6.039 points) ranked 54th, and China (5.585 points) ranked 72nd.

Russia (5.459 points) ranked 80th, and Afghanistan (2.404 points) was at the bottom, ranking 146th.

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