Archive briefing · Report released: 20 March 2024. This retrospective summary was prepared on 4 November 2026.
Finland led the overall ranking in the World Happiness Report 2024 for the seventh year in succession. The report used Gallup World Poll responses to compare how people assessed the quality of their own lives.
What the ranking meant
The country ranking was based on a three-year average of life evaluations. It was not a claim that every person in Finland felt happy all the time, or that every age group had the same experience.
The 2024 edition also published separate age-group rankings. Lithuania led among people under 30, while Denmark led among those aged 60 and over.
Read this as a dated result
These findings belong to the 2024 edition. They should not be presented as the latest ranking.
Source: World Happiness Report release, 20 March 2024.
