Finland ranked first in the World Happiness Report for the year 2021, while Saudi Arabia ranked 21st in the world, and first in the Arab world, succeeding the UAE which topped the Arab countries last year.
The index ranks 149 countries around the world based on factors the most important of which are GDP per capita, a healthy life expectancy, in addition to the opinions of the countries’ residents.
According to the new report, the UAE fell to the 27th place in the world, ranking the second in the Arab world, after it was the first in the Arab world in 2020. Bahrain was ranked third in the Arab world, and ranked 35th in the world. Whereas Morocco ranked fourth at the level of the Arab countries and 80th in the world. Iraq followed Morocco to be the fifth happiest Arab country, according to the index, ranking 81st in the world. Tunisia ranked sixth in the Arab world and 82nd in the world. As for Egypt, it ranked seventh in the Arab world, and 87 globally. Jordan ranked eighth in the Arab world, and 93 in the world.
According to the report, the twenty happiest countries in the world are respectively: Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Norway, New Zealand, Austria, Australia, Ireland, the United States, Canada, the Czech Republic, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, and France.
Source (Al-Hurra Channel Website, Edited)
