{"id":93878,"date":"2026-03-20T13:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=93878"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:53:50","slug":"world-happiness-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/world-happiness-report\/","title":{"rendered":"World Happiness Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>World Happiness Report Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a U.N.-backed World Happiness report 2026, heavy social media use is harming young people\u2019s well-being in many countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About World Happiness Report<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the world\u2019s foremost publication on global <\/span><b>wellbeing and how to improve it.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Published by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an <\/span><b>annual report<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published by the <\/span><b>University of Oxford\u2019s Wellbeing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Research Centre in partnership with Gallup, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It asks people to <\/span><b>rate their life on a 0-10 scale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from the worst possible life (0) to the best possible life (10).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Country rankings were based on answers given by <\/span><b>around 100,000 people in 140 countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and territories who were asked to rate their own lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Factors for evaluation of happiness ranking<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GDP per capita<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life expectancy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom to make life choices<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generosity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perceptions of corruption<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Highlights of World Happiness Report 2026<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Top 5 Happiest Countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/finland\/\" target=\"_blank\">Finland<\/a><\/strong>, Iceland, Denmark, Cosata Rica, Sweden.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unhappy Countries:<\/b> <b>Afghanistan,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zimbabwe<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> improved its ranking from <\/span><b>126th in 2024 to 118th in 2025.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/world-happiness-report-2026-finland-india-costa-rica-rankings\/article70760747.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Happiness Report is the world\u2019s foremost publication on global wellbeing and how to improve it. 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