According to new research, the happiest places on earth don’t involve the United States — though some U.S. cities did make the list further down. As is customary, Scandinavian cities scored highly in ...

the status given to the top 31 happiest cities in the world. New York City was named number 17 globally, praised for its dynamic cultural scene and growing investment in sustainable infrastructure.

In an ideal world, would most people choose to be maximally happy, healthy, and free? The answers given by 6,000 people in 27 ...

“It would be more accurate to say that Finland is the country that has the least unhappy people in the world,” said Frank Martela, a Finnish philosopher and psychology researcher, in an ...

Experts used responses from people in more than 140 nations to rank the world’s ‘happiest’ countries. Finland topped the overall list for the eighth successive year with Finns reporting an average ...

Denmark, which was named the second-happiest country in the world earlier this year after Finland, has seven cities in the top 50 alone. The highest-ranking U.S. cities on this year's list are New ...

A happy young woman enjoying a bike ride on on Nyhavn pier in Copenhagen.

While many women rose to power by birth or marriage, Anna was actually chosen by nobles to rule. This achievement remains surprising. Today, female world leaders ... in 25 countries women serve ...

It declared independence on February 17, 2008, and is recognized as an independent country by more than 100 United Nations members. It joined the World Bank Group’s institutions ... labor market ...

Copenhagen, Denmark, is No. 1 thanks to its commitment to sustainability, education, excellent health care, and the well-being of its residents.

For eight years running, Finland has been rated the happiest country in the world by a peculiar United Nations-backed project called the World Happiness Report, started in 2012. Soon after Finland ...