Health Care Blog March 25, 2025
Kim Bellard

News flash: America is not a very happy place these days.

No, I’m not talking about the current political divide (which is probably more accurately described as a chasm), at least not directly. I’m referring to the latest results from the World Happiness Report, which found that the U.S. has slid to 24th place in the world, its lowest position ever. We were 11th in 2011, the first such report.

Nordic countries scored the highest yet again, taking half of the top ten counties, with Finland repeating for the eighth year in a row as the happiest country. America’s nearest neighbors Mexico (10th) and Canada (18th) are happier places, tariffs or not.

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