World Happiness Report: Nations Where Joy is Absent, People Have Forgotten How to Smile
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World's Unhappiest Nations: Afghanistan Ranks Last, Finland Tops Happiness Report
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News18•20-03-2026, 18:19
World's Unhappiest Nations: Afghanistan Ranks Last, Finland Tops Happiness Report
•Afghanistan is the world's unhappiest country, scoring 1.446 due to humanitarian crises, repressive rule, and economic hardship.
•Finland consistently tops the World Happiness Report, with Costa Rica making a record entry at fourth place this year.
•Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Botswana are among the bottom-ranked nations due to poverty, instability, climate disasters, and inequality.
•Eswatini, Lebanon, DR Congo, Egypt, and Tanzania also feature in the bottom ten, plagued by health crises, conflict, economic woes, and lack of social trust.
•Factors contributing to low happiness include economic instability, political unrest, high inflation, lack of social support, and diminished personal freedoms.