On March 20 each year, the Wellbeing Research Centre releases its annual World Happiness Report, with a ranking of happiest countries in the world. The report, which analyzes over 100,000 people’s responses from more than 140 countries, ranks countries based on inhabitants’ perceived quality of life on a scale of zero to 10, with 10 meaning they’re living their most ideal life imaginable.
Researchers examined a country’s GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, perceptions of corruption, freedom, and more to help explain the findings. However, this year, they paid particular attention to another key happiness predictor: Benevolence.
