Which country ranks number one in the World Happiness Report 2021?

Option 4 : Finland

The correct answer is Finland.

• The Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations released the World Happiness Report 2021, a day before the International Happiness Day (20th March).
• India has ranked 139 in the World Happiness Rankings 2021 published in the 9th World Happiness Report. It has been released in March 2021. India’s rank in 2020 was 144​

• Top 5 Countries: Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, Netherlands
• Bottom 5 Countries: Afghanistan (149), Zimbabwe (148), Rwanda (147), Botswana (146), Lesotho (145)

• The theme of 2021: “Happiness For All, Forever”.
• The United Nations started to celebrate the International Day of Happiness in 2013 but a resolution for the same was passed in July 2012.

• The World Happiness Report ranks 149 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be.
• The rankings are based on polling (Gallup World Poll) which looks at six variables:
  • Gross Domestic Product Per Capita (Purchasing Power Parity).
  • Social Support.
  • Healthy life expectancy at birth.
  • Freedom to make life choices.
  • Generosity.
  • Perceptions of corruption.
• Respondents are asked to rate their own current lives on a 0-10 scale.