Norway Ranked World’s Happiest Country of 2017

Happy days are here again — for some countries at least.

The fifth World Happiness Report rankings, released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network to coincide with World Happiness Day, features 155 countries judged on a number of factors including including gross domestic product per capita, healthy life expectancy, generosity and perceived freedom to make life choices.

This year, Norway, ranked fourth in 2016, rose to claim the top spot, followed by Denmark and Iceland.

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Meanwhile, the United States slipped to No. 14, down one spot from last year.

An analysis of the country included in the report cites “a severe deterioration of America’s educational system,” increased mortality rates, climbing inequality, and more perceived corruption of government and business.

U.S. leaders, it suggests, remain too focused on economic growth, ignoring the “deepening divisions and angst in American society.”

“The United States offers a vivid portrait of a country that is looking for happiness in ‘all the wrong places’,” the report says. “The country is mired in a roiling social crisis that is getting worse.”

Rounding out the bottom of the list, the unhappiest countries included Tanzania, Burundi and the Central African Republic.

Country	Happiness Rank	Best Countries Rank
Norway	1	10
Denmark	2	12
Iceland	3	Not Ranked
Switzerland	4	1
Finland	5	13
Netherlands	6	11
Canada	7	2
New Zealand	8	14
Australia	9	8
Sweden	10	6