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Which is the happiest country as per the 2019 World Happiness Index?

Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Sweden
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This question checks which country the 2019 World Happiness Report ranked first. The report ranks around 150 countries using factors like income, social support, life expectancy, freedom, trust, and generosity.

  1. Finland: Topped the list for the second straight year in 2019, driven by high social trust, a strong safety net, and low income inequality.
  2. Denmark: A strong Nordic performer, but its 2019 rank was second, one place below Finland.
  3. Norway: Led the report back in 2017, yet by 2019 it had dropped to third.
  4. Sweden: Scores well on most indicators but sat outside the top five in the 2019 report.

Finland's combination of trust, equality, and welfare support kept it in first place, so the correct answer is Finland.

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This question tests recall of a single specific fact: which country was ranked number one in the 2019 World Happiness Report. A good way to work through it is to recall what is distinctive about each Nordic nation's standing in that particular year rather than treating all four as interchangeable.

  1. Finland: By 2019 Finland had already claimed the top spot in the previous year's report, and it repeated the feat, becoming the only country to hold the number one position for two consecutive editions at that point.
  2. Denmark: Denmark had itself topped the index in earlier years before Finland's rise, and it is often mistaken for the answer here precisely because of that history, but it was not in the lead position in 2019.
  3. Norway: Norway is frequently confused with the correct answer because it briefly overtook Finland and Denmark in 2017, but that lead did not carry into the 2019 edition.
  4. Sweden: Sweden is consistently ranked among the world's happiest nations, yet it has never actually claimed the number one spot in any edition of this particular report, making it the weakest match among the four options.

Recognising that Finland was in the middle of its own streak at the top in 2019, unlike its neighbours who had each led in other years but not this one, points clearly to the answer.

Therefore, the correct answer is Finland.

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