World Happiness Index: Canada drops to 25th place

 

 

Canada's position has slipped in this year's World Happiness Report. According to the latest report released by the Wellbeing Research Center at Oxford University, Canada has dropped to 25th place. Last year, Canada was in 18th place, but this time it was behind neighboring country the United States. This is Canada's lowest ranking since the report began publishing in 2012. The country, which was in fifth place in 2015, has been facing a major setback in the last ten years.

Researchers point to the increasing use of social media among young people as the main reason for the decline in happiness in Canada. In addition to Canada, the trend of a sharp decline in happiness among those under the age of 25 is also visible in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Finland is the happiest country in the world for the ninth consecutive year. Nordic countries such as Iceland, Denmark and Sweden are also in the top ten. Meanwhile, war-torn Afghanistan is at the bottom of the list, followed by Sierra Leone and Malawi.