Finland has been crowned the happiest country for the fourth consecutive year by the World Happiness Report 2021.
One key to the Finnish happiness is the great outdoors, as well as the traditional Finnish sauna. Finland also excels with its quietly world-class public services, low levels of crime and inequality, and high levels of trust in authority.
By the start of 2020, tourism to Lapland in northern Finland had reached record levels and the country was attracting more foreign direct investment projects than anywhere else in the Nordics. Now it looks to recover from the pandemic and loss of tourism.
The annual worldwide happiness survey seeks to quantify individuals’ personal freedom and satisfaction with their lives, using survey data from 149 countries alongside measures such as GDP, social support, and perceptions of corruption.
Read the whole report here.
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