The Glücks champions 2025: Who leads the world?

The Glücks champions 2025: Who leads the world?

On March 20, 2025, the annual world happiness report will be published and surprises with pleasant news for the happy Finn: For the eighth time in a row, the citizens of Finland are the happiest people in the world. Denmark, Iceland and Sweden follow closely behind and occupy places two to four in this prestigious ranking. The Costa Rica rises are particularly noteworthy in sixth and Mexico in tenth place, both of which land under the top 10 for the first time, such as Vienna.at reported .

In the German ranking, a mixed picture shows: While Switzerland, the happiest German -speaking country, crashes from place ninth to thirteen, Germany describes a slight upward trend and improves from 24th to 22nd. This leads to Germany overhauling the USA, which with its worst placement of all time is 24th. Nevertheless, Germany remains behind many smaller EU countries such as Ireland and Belgium, but is ahead of larger nations such as Great Britain (23), Poland (26), France (33) and Spain (38). Afghanistan once again shows the last place in the list, as the report by n-tv.de

insight into the happiness factors

The world happiness report, created by Wellbeing Research Center from the University of Oxford, analyzes various factors on the quality of life. These include economic performance, health indicators, the feeling of freedom, generosity and perception of corruption. This comprehensive assessment reflects the attitude to life in the different countries and clearly shows how satisfied people are with their lives.