
According to the World Happiness Report, now in its 11th official year, has ranked Malta as the happiest country in the world.
Interviews with more than 100,000 people across 137 countries revealed that people self-reported significantly higher levels of benevolence – acts of kindness – than before the pandemic.
The report assigns a happiness score on a scale of zero to 10, all based on an average data over a three year period. The Maltese ranked 37th, right behind Mexico and above Panama.
Meanwhile, Finland ranked in first space, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Israel and Netherlands in the top 5 spots.
The top 10 list was rounded up by Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg and New Zealand. On the other hand of the spectrum, Afghanistan ranked as the unhappiest country in the world.
The top 5 unhappiest countries after Afghanistan were Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Congo. Meanwhile, Russia climbed up the table, ranking in 70th position.
However, in 2022, benevolence grew sharply in Ukraine and fell in Russia, following the advent of the invasion by Putin. The UK dropped two places on last year to sit in 19th place behind the US. They are followed by Canada in 13th.
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