Bob Schwartz

It is not surprising that the World Happiness Report 2025 has received less media attention in America than in years past. So many big, possibly apocalyptic stories in America and the world. And the same countries at the top of the list, year after year. It gets boring, Scandinavia.

American media may be paying less attention for another reason. The United States dropped to its lowest rank ever—#24. (Country Rankings) Tell Americans something they don’t know.

As for the company we keep, #23 is United Kingdom and #25 is Belize.

World’s 10 happiest countries in 2025

1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Sweden
5. Netherlands
6. Costa Rica
7. Norway
8. Israel
9. Luxembourg
10. Mexico

World’s 10 least happy countries in 2025

138. Lesotho
139. Comoros
140. Yemen
141. DR Congo
142. Botswana
143. Zimbabwe
144. Malawi
145. Lebanon
146. Sierra Leone
147. Afghanistan