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Launch events for World Happiness Report 2026
March 04, 2026
Leading experts to examine the impact of social media in World Happiness Report 2026
August 20, 2025
Submit a chapter proposal for World Happiness Report 2026
June 02, 2025
World Happiness Report 2025: People are much kinder than we expect, research shows
March 20, 2025
Join us for the launch of World Happiness Report 2025
February 25, 2025
Happiness in the Year of the Wood Snake
January 29, 2025
Climbing the (Cantril) ladder
December 19, 2024
Progress on measuring progress
November 20, 2024
Happiness and the UN
October 24, 2024
A waste of taxpayers’ money?
September 11, 2024
Global research team assembled for World Happiness Report 2025
August 15, 2024
The power of connection
August 15, 2024
Older, wiser, and ... happier?
July 16, 2024
The kids are (not) alright
June 18, 2024
Well-being "critical" for dementia risk reduction, research suggests
June 01, 2024
Submit a chapter proposal for the 2025 World Happiness Report
May 07, 2024
A Latin American perspective on the World Happiness Report 2024
March 25, 2024
World Happiness Report 2024: Most comprehensive picture yet of happiness across generations
March 20, 2024
Join the Asia Pacific launch to discuss findings of World Happiness Report 2024
March 01, 2024
New publishing partnership for World Happiness Report
February 12, 2024
Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs: A Conversation with Richard Layard & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve on Wellbeing, Science and Policy
June 20, 2023
Happiest Countries Prove Resilient Despite Overlapping Crises
March 20, 2023
Upcoming Event: Deepening the Impact of ESD through Happiness & SEL
September 12, 2022
Upcoming Webinars: Continuing the Conversation on Happiness
April 20, 2022
Lifeslices: The Search for Happiness
April 18, 2022
Media round up on the World Happiness Report 2022
April 15, 2022
Balance, Harmony, and Happiness? A Discussion of the World Happiness Report 2022
March 25, 2022
Amid War and Disease, World Happiness Report Shows Bright Spot
March 18, 2022
Video Series: Deep Dive Into the 2021 World Happiness Report
March 31, 2021
Media round up on the World Happiness Report 2021
March 23, 2021
In a Lamentable Year, Finland Again is the Happiest Country in the World
March 19, 2021
Sustainability makes people happier, research finds
September 15, 2020
New report highlights the impact of COVID-19 on life satisfaction worldwide
July 31, 2020
When to Release the Lockdown: A Wellbeing Framework for Analysing Costs and Benefits
May 04, 2020
Media Round up on the World Happiness Report 2020
March 26, 2020
Navigating Happiness Amidst COVID-19: Key Outcomes from World Happiness Report Webinar
March 23, 2020
It’s a Three-Peat, Finland Keeps Top Spot as Happiest Country in World
March 20, 2020
Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier Than The U.S.
January 09, 2020
Media Round up on the 2019 World Happiness Report
March 21, 2019
Finland Again is the Happiest Country in the World
March 20, 2019
Gallup launches Migration Research Center
December 10, 2018
Empirical Linkages between Good Governance and National Well-being, Journal of Comparative Economics
December 05, 2018
How to Be Happy, Freakonomics Radio
November 29, 2018
Media Round up on the 2018 World Happiness Report
March 26, 2018
Finland Wins Double Gold in World Happiness Report 2018
March 14, 2018
Coffee & Happiness - the virtuous circle we want (and need) to nurture
March 14, 2018
Global Happiness Policy Report Released
February 10, 2018
Explore the 2017 World Happiness Report data via Tableau
April 05, 2017
Media Roundup on 2017 World Happiness Report
March 22, 2017
Fifth World Happiness Report Ranks Happiest Countries
March 20, 2017
The 2017 World Happiness Report will be released on International Day of Happiness – March 20
February 28, 2017
Round Up of 2016 Happiness Report Press Coverage
March 29, 2016
World Happiness Report 2016 Update Ranks Happiest Countries
March 16, 2016
World Happiness Report 2016 Update
February 18, 2016
Round up of 2015 World Happiness Report Press Coverage
May 12, 2015
Video: World Happiness Launch Event
May 12, 2015
World Happiness Report 2015 launch event in New York
April 23, 2015
World Happiness Report 2015 Ranks Happiest Countries
April 23, 2015
World Happiness Report Wins Award For the Betterment Of the Human Condition
September 19, 2014
Report Calls On Policy Makers To Make Happiness A Key Measure And Target Of Development
September 09, 2013
First World Happiness Report Launched at the United Nations
April 04, 2012