Israel is among the 10 happiest countries in the world - Finland is the happiest fifth year in a row

Israel is among the ten happiest countries in the world, according to the World Happiness Report published today, this is the tenth year. Israel was ranked ninth in the ranking, compared to 11th place in 2021 and 14th place in 2020.
Finland is the happiest country in the world for the fifth year in a row in the ranking, where more than 150 countries are ranked. The ranking is published by a body called the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and is based on data from a Gallup global survey, along with other variables such as per capita GDP and life expectancy.
Finland's neighbors were also ranked high in the rankings: Denmark in second place, followed by Iceland, while Sweden and Norway were ranked seventh and eighth, respectively. In fourth place is Switzerland, followed by the Netherlands and then Luxembourg. After Israel is ranked tenth New Zealand. Canada was ranked 15th, the United States 16th and the United Kingdom 17th.
The countries that recorded the sharpest rises in the rankings are all in Eastern Europe - Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia - while at the bottom of the rankings were Lebanon, Venezuela and Afghanistan.
"After two years of an epidemic that has affected health, the economy and the day-to-day conduct of all countries around the world, we could expect a significant decline in the satisfaction of many countries in the global happiness report," says Anat Penti, a happiness policy researcher at Bar-Ilan University. "The report reveals to us a clearly unexpected figure and is relatively stable in the level of satisfaction with life in the world." According to Penti, "the report shows the victory of optimism and the human spirit in the face of the plague."
The report also found that in the past year there has been a significant increase in philanthropy around the world. , Professor at the University of British Columbia and Editor of the Report.
This year, a new global survey was added to the happiness rating, in which the sense of balance between the areas of life, the peace, harmony and the sense of calm of the residents of the various countries were examined. . According to Penti, Israel was ranked among the ten lowest countries in terms of how much the residents experience calm in their lives, unsurprisingly. "However, when asked what kind of life you would prefer - a calm life or an exciting life - Israel is about 45% - which means that although Israelis are very low in the sense of calm and serenity in their lives, still less than half of them would prefer to live a calm life." .