The World Happiness Report 2025 has ranked Finland as the happiest country for the eighth consecutive year.

The rankings, which were released on Thursday, are based on people’s self-rated life satisfaction, with the study conducted in partnership with Gallup and the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Two Latin American countries Costa Rica at No. 6 and Mexico at No. 10, both enter the top 10 for the first time in the 2025 report.

Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden, which are ranked on the top four, remain in the same position as 2024, while Norway also retains No. 7.

While social support systems that look out for residents’ welfare are important to Finland’s No. 1 ranking, the people play a role too.

Here is a list of World’s 50 happiest countries in 2025:

1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Sweden 
5. Netherlands
6. Costa Rica
7. Norway 
8. Israel 
9. Luxembourg
10. Mexico
11. Australia
12. New Zealand 
13. Switzerland
14. Belgium
15. Ireland
16. Lithuania 
17. Austria
18. Canada 
19. Slovenia 
20. Czechia 
21. United Arab Emirates
22. Germany
23. United Kingdom
24. United States
25. Belize
26. Poland
27. Taiwan
28. Uruguay 
29. Kosovo
30. Kuwait
31. Serbia
32. Saudi Arabia
33. France
34. Singapore
35. Romania
36. Brazil
37. El Salvador
38. Spain
39. Estonia
40. Italy
41. Panama
42. Argentina
43. Kazakhstan
44. Guatemala
45. Chile
46. Vietnam
47. Nicaragua 
48. Malta
49. Thailand
50. Slovakia

At the bottom of the list are Afghanistan (No. 147), Sierra Leone (No. 146), Lebanon (No. 145), Malawi (No. 144) and Zimbabwe (No. 143).

[TheNation]