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Finland has been named as the happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row. This is the assessment contained in the annual World Happiness Report published on Monday, and which is prepared by a group of experts on behalf of the United Nations.

Finland again won the first place with a significant difference from its successors. The top three happiest countries remained unchanged, followed by Denmark and Iceland. Israel showed the biggest increase in the top ten, as it rose from the ninth place to the fourth place. The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and New Zealand also have remained among the leaders in this regard.

Russia rose from 80th place to 70th place in the latest ranking. The other republics of the ex-USSR include Lithuania (20th), Estonia (31st), Latvia (41st), Kazakhstan (44th), Uzbekistan (54th), Kyrgyzstan (62nd), Armenia (79th ), Tajikistan (80th), Georgia (90th), and Ukraine (92nd).

The US is 15th, Germany—16th, and the UK—19th. France dropped out of the top 20, dropping to 21st place.

Afghanistan and Lebanon are at the bottom of the ranking, occupying the 137th and 136th places, respectively.

 The World Happiness Report has been published every year since 2012. When compiling it, researchers take into account such indicators as GDP per capita, the level of social support, life expectancy, respect for civil liberties, job security, the level of corruption, as well as the results of public opinion polls. It is based on averages collected over three years.

The report says that people have not become less happy during the three years of the coronavirus pandemic.

Even in these difficult years, positive emotions prevailed over negative ones, and it was found that emotions of social responsiveness were stronger than feelings of loneliness, said one of the authors of this study, John Helliwell.

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