Taiwan: Asia’s Happiest Country – 2024 Ranking 🌏

Nordic countries continue to dominate global happiness rankings, with Finland, Iceland, and Denmark securing the top three spots in the annual World Happiness Report. Costa Rica rose to fourth place, becoming the first Latin American country to enter the top five.

World Happiness Rankings

1. Finland
2. Iceland
3. Denmark
4. Costa Rica
5. Sweden
6. Norway
7. Netherlands
8. Israel
9. Luxembourg
10. Switzerland

Across the Asia-Pacific region, New Zealand and Australia performed strongly, ranking 11^th and 15^th respectively. Taiwan led Asia at 26^th, followed by Singapore (36^th) and Vietnam (45^th) among the global top 50.

Hong Kong continued a downward trend, slipping to 90^th this year.

The report highlighted the growing impact of social media on happiness and wellbeing, particularly among young people. High levels of internet use correlate with lower life satisfaction, especially among girls and in the UK and Ireland.

However, the report also noted that internet use can support wellbeing by fostering trust, perceived social activity, and social connection.

APAC Happiness Rankings

11^th – New Zealand
15^th – Australia
26^th – Taiwan Province of China
36^th – Singapore
45^th – Vietnam
52^nd – Thailand
56^th – Philippines
61^st – Japan
65^th – China
67^th – Republic of Korea
71^st – Malaysia
75^th – Mongolia
87^th – Indonesia
90^th – Hong Kong SAR of China
92^nd – Lao PDR
99^th – Nepal
104^th – Pakistan
116^th – India
121^st – Cambodia
127^th – Bangladesh
129^th – Myanmar
134^th – Sri Lanka
147^th – Afghanistan