The UN’s 2022 World Happiness Report has made it official — Dutchies rank as the fifth happiest nation in the world out of 146 countries surveyed! 🤗
Who’s topping the list? For the fifth year in a row, Finland has secured first place as the happiest country in the world, reports De Volkskrant.
😷 Pandemic has left its mark
The Netherlands moved up one spot from #6 to #5 compared to the World’s Happiness Ranking for 2021.
During the onset of the pandemic, trust in the government and social support were ranked very positively by the Dutch overall. This trend continues into 2022.
However, there is a bit of a happiness gap between the young and the old here in the lowlands. While Dutchies over 60 became a little happier over the past year, the younger generation experienced the exact opposite. 🙇♂️
Well, we hope with the scrapping of all coronavirus measures in the Netherlands by next week, we’ll all reach the same level of content once again!
☀️ The 2022 World Happiness Report
The UN’s 2022 World Happiness Report bases the ranking on six variables: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and corruption.
Representatives from 146 countries were given a survey with a set of questions that they had to answer on a scale from one to ten.
The combined evaluation of all surveys for each country then made up the ranking. 📊
Curious about the top 10 happiest nations in the world? We’ve got you:
- 🇫🇮 Finland #1
- 🇩🇰 Denmark #2
- 🇮🇸 Iceland #3
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland #4
- 🇳🇱 The Netherlands #5
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg #6
- 🇸🇪 Sweden #7
- 🇳🇴 Norway #8
- 🇮🇱 Israel #9
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand #10
Switzerland we’re coming for you! (Anyone else notices that all the happiest nations in the world have very similar flags? 🤔)
Did you expect the Netherlands to rank at place #5? Tell us in the comments!
I am Dutch and I live in Canada, I am curious what rank Canada is in the world happiest countries. I know we t totare a lot happier here than the USA. I don’t even want to travel there! I am married (very happily to an Irishman from Northern Ireland. (We are 77 years old)
I always thought in Finland there is one of the highest suicide indicator. Did sth change? Or I was wrong?
Depending on how you measure
“happiness”!!!
agree！
What a stupid stats 🤣, go and ask your GP that you need to see psychologist, ahe/he woukd tell you about the queue, she told me you may stay in the queue for 6 months, unbelievable. And Finland is on top? What a joke! You can’t buy sun by money, more developed country means less happier people. Don’t lie the people.