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Saudi Arabia ranked the happiest nation in the Arab world

Saudi Arabia has been ranked the happiest nation in the Arab region and 21st globally, according to the World Happiness Report 2021, released by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

The kingdom is followed by the UAE, which emerged as the second happiest in the Arab world and 27th globally in the happiness index for 2021, while Bahrain came third in the Arab world and 35th globally among 149 countries around the world.

For the fourth year in a row, Finland has been crowned the world’s happiest country. The report coincides with the International Day of Happiness that falls on March 20. Nine out of the top 10 happiest countries are in Europe, with Denmark coming in second place after Finland, followed by Switzerland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Luxembourg and Austria, while New Zealand is the only non-European country to be ranked among the top 10, picking up the 9th spot.

Among the fields considered important are measuring the impact of the pandemic on the work environment, social relations quality, individuals’ mental health, confidence in government procedures and the country’s ability to overcome the repercussions of the pandemic. It also measures the unemployment rates due to the pandemic, inequality and the spread of loneliness, as all these factors affect the happiness index.

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