Finland is the happiest country in the world. The US drops to the 19th place

Finland is number one. Denmark is also ahead of Norway, which is number three on the list. The US is in the 19th place.

The World Happiness Report was announced on Wednesday. The election is based on surveys Gallup has conducted in the years 2016–2018.

The closest to the top three countries on the list are Iceland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada and Austria, writes Hegnar Online.

This year's report explores how the development has been since these surveys were made for the first time in 2005/2006. There has been a positive development at the national level, but if one takes into account population growth, the world's happiness has fallen in recent years.

The ten countries experiencing the greatest decline are typically affected by economic, political or social problems, including Yemen, India, Syria, Botswana and Venezuela.

In this year's report, Professor Jeffrey Sachs also considers how addiction in various forms helps to make the people of the United States unhappy. - This year's report gives a sober picture of how addiction causes significant unhappiness in the United States. Addiction comes in many different forms, from substance abuse to gambling and digital media, says Sachs, according to NTB