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• Submit a chapter proposal for World Happiness Report 2027

  May 05, 2026
• 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
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  Climbing the (Cantril) ladder

  December 19, 2024
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  Progress on measuring progress

  November 20, 2024
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  Happiness and the UN

  October 24, 2024
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  A waste of taxpayers’ money?

  September 11, 2024
• Global research team assembled for World Happiness Report 2025

  August 15, 2024
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  The power of connection

  August 15, 2024
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  Older, wiser, and ... happier?

  July 16, 2024
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  The kids are (not) alright

  June 18, 2024
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  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
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  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
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  Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs: A Conversation with Richard Layard & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve on Wellbeing, Science and Policy

  June 20, 2023
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  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
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  Sustainability makes people happier, research finds

  September 15, 2020
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  New report highlights the impact of COVID-19 on life satisfaction worldwide

  July 31, 2020
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  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
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  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
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  Gallup launches Migration Research Center

  December 10, 2018
• Empirical Linkages between Good Governance and National Well-being, Journal of Comparative Economics

  December 05, 2018
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  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
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  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