That’s according to the “World Happiness Report 2019”, published on 20 March.

The happiest places were:

1. Iceland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Iceland
5. Netherlands
6. Switzerland
7. Sweden
8. New Zealand
9. Canada
10. Austria
11. Australia
12. Costa Rica
13. Israel
14. Luxembourg
15. UK
16. Ireland
17. Germany
18. Belgium
19. US
20. Czech Republic
21. United Arab Emirates
22. Malta
23. Mexico
24. France
25. Taiwan

The least happy countries were:

146. Zimbabwe
148. Botswana
149. Syria
150. Malawi
151. Yemen
152. Rwanda
153. Tanzania
154. Afghanistan
155. Central African Republic
156. South Sudan

The report website stated:

“The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. The report is produced by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network in partnership with the Ernesto Illy Foundation.”