From The San Jose Mercury News
World’s happiest countries: Here’s why U.S. slipped in new report
HELSINKI, March 20 (Reuters) – Finland topped the ranking of the world’s happiest countries for the second year in a row, with the Nordic countries taking the leading spots, an annual survey issued on Wednesday showed.
South Sudan came last in the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s 2019 World Happiness Report.
It ranked 156 countries according to things such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption.
Taking the harsh, dark winters in their stride, Finns’ happiness is boosted by access to nature, safety, affordable childcare, free education and heavily subsidized healthcare.
The top 10 was again dominated by the Nordics, with Denmark, Norway and Iceland taking the other leading spots followed by Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada and Austria. The United States dropped one place to 19th.
COMMENT:-
I wouldn't worry about being 19th out of 156. After all that's still in the top 1/8th.
However, the whole report might be interesting to some people and there is a link to it in the article.
PS - The reason for the drop is NOT "Donald John Trump".
PPS - Did you know that 60% of the top 10 countries are monarchies?