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To celebrate #AfricanWorldHeritageDay, let’s look at which countries are happiest in Africa... ⬆️🇲🇺 Mauritius, 5.832 ⬆️🇱🇾 Libya, 5.820 ⬆️🇩🇿 Algeria, 5.571 ⬇️🇿🇼 Zimbabwe, 3.396 ⬇️🇲🇼 Malawi, 3.260 ⬇️🇸🇱 Sierra Leone, 2.998 Explore our Happiness Dashboard👇 data.worldhappiness.report

⛓️‍💥 Social connection is vital for the #wellbeing of young adults, yet in 2023, 19% of young adults across the world reported having no one that they could count on for social support – a 39% increase compared to 2006. Rui Pei (Stanford University) explains more...👇

GOOD NEWS: People are kinder than we expect them to be! BAD NEWS: The consequences of this empathy perception gap are profound – social risk avoidance can lead to missed opportunities to connect and learn from others. Read more in Ch5 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr-z…

💡 Belief in the kindness of others is critical to our #wellbeing.

🗣️ “Going out has become like working out: we feel better after doing it, but it takes energy to get started.” Read more via Greater Good 👇 greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/w…

🌍 Europe is home to 14 of the top 20 happiest countries in the world, but such domination of our rankings hides an intriguing story of convergence. Subscribe for an exclusive, closer look at the changes to happiness in Europe, coming this Wednesday.👇 worldhappiness.report/subscribe/

🇩🇪 No nation better demonstrates the closing European Happiness Gap than the reunified Germany. Read more 👉 mailchi.mp/worldhappiness… Subscribe 👉 worldhappiness.report/subscribe/

➡️⬅️ The European Happiness Gap is closing: quality of life in Central and Eastern Europe has been rising towards that in Western Europe throughout the almost 20 years of the Gallup World Poll. Explore our Happiness Dashboard👇 data.worldhappiness.report

🎢 Our day-to-day lives are full of ups and downs, but when are we at our happiest? George MacKerron (George MacKerron) and Alex Bryson used data from 20,000+ individuals to examine which activities have the greatest effect on our happiness. Full paper 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.1…

🏛️ Rational, not radical. How can a government best serve its people? To us, the answer is clear.👇

💰 Governments spend billions on our behalf – but how can we ensure policies create the conditions for happy, healthy lives? Here, a series of current and proposed UK policies are presented by their #wellbeing benefit relative to their net cost.👇

😢 When asked to rate their lives, the average response among the population of Afghanistan is just 1.36 out of 10. For Afghan women, it is even lower – just 1.16.

🗣️ “People consistently and universally underestimate the kindness of others.” Read more via CNBC Make It 👇 cnbc.com/2025/05/29/act…

🥰 Findings published in World Happiness Report 2025 show that belief in the kindness of others is a strong predictor of population #wellbeing, yet we are far too pessimistic about levels of benevolence among our neighbours. Read more in Ch2 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr-3…

🤲 Some countries are kinder than others, yet it is the *belief* in the kindness of other people that is more closely linked with population #wellbeing than actual reported instances of benevolent acts. Read more in Ch2 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr-3… | #VolunteersWeek

#️⃣ The relationship between social media and subjective #wellbeing is complex. In our latest email newsletter, we take a look at some of the current evidence. Read more 👉 mailchi.mp/worldhappiness… Subscribe 👉 worldhappiness.report/subscribe/

🤗 We can boost the #wellbeing impact of our charitable donations at *no extra cost*, simply by funding more cost-effective charities. Read more in Ch8 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr-e… | Happier Lives Institute 🌻

📚 Happy International Archives Day! Did you know that every chapter of *every* World Happiness Report is available on our website, free-of-charge? Dive into our #wellbeing research archive👇 worldhappiness.report/analysis/

📲 We’re inviting chapter proposals from researchers around the world for World Happiness Report 2026, taking a closer look at the relationship between social media and subjective #wellbeing. Find out more and submit your proposal by Sunday 15 June👇 worldhappiness.report/news/submit-a-…