The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development released a new study ranking the world’s nations by the happiness levels of their citizens.

The report looked at subjective well-being, defined as life satisfaction. Did people feel like their lives were dominated by positive experiences and feelings, or negative ones?

According to the published results, northern Europeans are the happiest people in the world. The top ten are:

1. Denmark
2. Finland
3. The Netherlands
4. Sweden
5. Ireland
6. Canada
7. Switzerland
8. New Zealand
9. Norway
10. Belgium

Why did the northern European countries come out looking so good? Overall economic health played a powerful role, says Simon Chapple, senior economist from the Social Policy Division of the OECD, which put together the report.

In Depth: World's Happiest Places

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  1. mytheory Says:

    wow.. European countries taking over the list...
    no wonder actually,

    hopefully one day, Indonesia can be the part of it^^

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  2. anney Says:

    I wonder when will Philippines be n top ten list of happiest places. hehehe!


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  4. Lily Arbee Says:

    Hi Sera, thanks for visiting me again. Sorry I did not come back to you sooner. Yesterday the whole day I was out in town.

    Hope you and the little fellow in you are doing great.

    Take good care of yourself, cheers!


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