Ireland is the 17th happiest country in the world.
This year's World Happiness Report has found unhappiness is rising among younger people, leading to a drop for Ireland, down three places in the past year.
The report also found that between 2021 and 2023, negative emotions were more common for females than males, with the gender gap larger at older ages.
People in 143 countries and territories were asked to rate their life on a scale from zero to 10, with Finland coming out on top with an average score of 7.7.
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Afghanistan holds the bottom spot with an average score of 1.7, according to analysis by the University of Oxford.
Top 20 Happiest Countries
| 1 | Finland | 7.741 |
| 2 | Denmark | 7.583 |
| 3 | Iceland | 7.525 |
| 4 | Sweden | 7.344 |
| 5 | Israel | 7.341 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 7.319 |
| 7 | Norway | 7.302 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 7.122 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 7.060 |
| 10 | Australia | 7.057 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 7.029 |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 6.955 |
| 13 | Kuwait | 6.951 |
| 14 | Austria | 6.905 |
| 15 | Canada | 6.900 |
| 16 | Belgium | 6.894 |
| 17 | Ireland | 6.838 |
| 18 | Czechia | 6.822 |
| 19 | Lithuania | 6.818 |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 6.749 |
