2022 UN World Happiness Report: India Ranks 136th; Finland tops for 5th straight year

• India has improved its rank by three spots to acquire 136th position in the United Nations’ World Happiness Report for the year 2022, which ranked 146 countries.
• In 2021, India’s rank was 139.
• Finland has topped the 2022 World Happiness Report, for fifth continuous year.
• Afghanistan has been ranked as the unhappiest country in the world, at 149th position.
• Top 10 countries of the 2022 World Happiness Report are
  • 1. Finland
  • 2. Denmark
  • 3. Iceland
  • 4. Switzerland
  • 5. The Netherlands
  • 6. Luxembourg
  • 7. Sweden
  • 8. Norway
  • 9. Israel
  • 10. New Zealand
• The 2022 World Happiness Report was released on March 18, 2022. It is the 10th edition of the report. The 2022 report has ranked 146 countries.
• The World Happiness Report is being published by United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, since 2012, to rank countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be..
• The Report is based on two key ideas, (1) happiness or life evaluation measured through opinion surveys and (2) identifying key elements that determine well-being and life evaluation across countries.

Points to Remember:

1. Rank of India in World Happiness Report 2022?
2. Which country has topped World Happiness Report 2022?
3. Top 5 countries in the list?
4. World Happiness Report is published by which organisation?