World Happiness Report 2025

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The world happiness report, 2025 released recently.

World Happiness Day – Celebrated globally on March 20.
Theme, 2025- “Caring and Sharing”.
Proclaimed by - General Assembly of the United Nations, in a resolution initiated by Bhutan in July 2012, recognizing the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals.
World Happiness Report, 2025 – Published by - University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre in partnership with Gallup, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Rankings are based on a 3-year average of people's life evaluations.
The happiness score or subjective well-being is based on the national average response to the life evaluations question in the Gallup World Poll (GWP).
The survey asks respondents to evaluate their current life as a whole using a ladder scale, with the best possible life as 10 and the worst possible life as 0.
Indicators
- GDP per capita,
- Social support,
- Healthy life expectancy,
- Freedom,
- Generosity, and
- Perceptions of corruption.
Top ranking countries

U.S. Ranked in the 24and Canada ranked in 18.
Low Ranking Countries - Sierra Leone (No. 146), Lebanon (No. 145), Malawi (No. 144) and Zimbabwe (No. 143) make up the rest of the bottom five for happiness.
- Afghanistan (No. 147) is once again last on the list.
India’s Ranking - India ranks at 118^th position in 2025.
Over the past few years, India has seen gradual progress in some social and economic indicators.
Rankings of South Asian Nations - Nepal secured the highest position at 92^nd, Pakistan 109^th, Myanmar 126^th, and Sri Lanka closely followed Bangladesh at 133^rd.