Vietnam named 54th happiest country in the world

The findings, announced on March 20 to mark the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness, are powered by data from the Gallup World Poll and analysed by some of the world’s top wellbeing scientists. The report, which has been published for over a decade, ranks 143 countries based on factors such as life satisfaction, GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and corruption.

Vietnam jumps 11 places from 65^th in 2023, and in Asia, it ranks 6^th happiest country behind Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.

Experts used a survey of people from more than 140 nations to rank the world’s ‘happiest’ countries. Finland tops the overall list for the seventh successive year. Meanwhile, the United States (23^rd) has fallen out of the top 20 for the first time since the World Happiness Report was first published in 2012, driven by a large drop in the wellbeing of Americans under 30. Afghanistan remains bottom of the overall rankings as the world’s ‘unhappiest’ nation.

For the first time, the report gives separate rankings by age group, in many cases varying widely from the overall rankings. Lithuania tops the list for children and young people under 30, while Denmark is the world’s happiest nation for those aged 60 and above.

In comparing generations, those born before 1965 are, on average, happier than those born since 1980. Among Millennials, the evaluation of one’s own life drops with each year of age, while among Boomers, life satisfaction increases with age.

Rankings are based on a three-year average of each population’s average assessment of their quality of life. Interdisciplinary experts from the fields of economics, psychology, sociology and beyond then attempt to explain the variations across countries and over time using factors such as GDP, life expectancy, having someone to count on, a sense of freedom, generosity, and perceptions of corruption.

These factors help to explain the differences across nations, while the rankings themselves are based only on the answers people give when asked to rate their own lives.

Vietnam ranks 83rd in World Happiness Report 2020 Vietnam has been ranked 83rd out of 156 countries in the latest World Happiness Report 2020 released recently by the United Nations, up 11 places compared to last year.

Vietnam jumps four places in World Happiness Report 2021 (Infographics) Vietnam has moved up four places to rank 79th in the United Nations-sponsored World Happiness Report 2021.

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