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Ireland Makes The Top 20 Happiest Countries On This International Day Of Happiness

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03:39 20 Mar 2020


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The World Happiness Report

Ireland is one of the happiest countries in the world!

The World Happiness Report is out and it ranks Ireland in the top 20.

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Finland

Finland has taken the top spot for the third year in a row.

While the rest of the top 10 looks like this:

2. Denmark

3. Switzerland

4. Iceland

5. Norway

6. Netherlands

7. Sweden

8. New Zealand

9. Austria

10. Luxembourg

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Luxembourg

Ireland came in at number 16.

Just under Costa Rica and ahead of Germany and the United states.

11. Canada

12. Australia

13. United Kingdom

14. Israel

15. Costa Rica

16. Ireland

17. Germany

18. United States

19. Czech Republic

20. Belgium

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Canada

While it's a weird time to be thinking about happiness, editors of the report say difficult times can actually increase happiness.

"As revealed by earlier studies of earthquakes, floods, storms, tsunamis and even economic crises, a high trust society quite naturally looks for and finds co-operative ways to work together to repair the damage and rebuild better lives.'

"This has led sometimes to surprising increases in happiness in the wake of what might otherwise seem to be unmitigated disasters."

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Helsinki

Happiest Cities

The World Happiness Report is put together by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the UN.

It started in 2012 and this year is the first time it has included cities.

Here are the top 10 happiest cities in the world:

1. Helsinki, Finland

2. Aarhus, Denmark

3. Wellington, New Zealand

4. Zurich, Switzerland

5. Copenhagen, Denmark

6. Bergen, Norway

7. Oslo, Norway

8. Tel Aviv, Israel

9. Stockholm, Sweden

10. Brisbane, Australia

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Dublin

Dublin appeared at number 22.

You can check out the full report here.

 


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