Ireland is the 13th happiest country according to the latest UN sponsored World Happiness index.
Finland was named the happiest country for the fifth year in a row.
The index has ranked Afghanistan as the unhappiest, closely followed by Lebanon.
The latest list was compiled before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Alan Cantwell reports for RedFM News:
"Northern Europeans once again dominated the top spots -- with the Danes second to the Finns, followed by the Icelandic, the Swiss and the Dutch.
The United States rose three places to 16th, one ahead of Britain. France climbed to 20th, its highest ranking yet.
This year the authors also used data from social media to compare people's emotions before and after the Covid-19 pandemic. They found "strong increases in anxiety and sadness" in 18 countries but a fall in feelings of anger.
Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia recorded the biggest boosts in wellbeing.
Lebanon, which is facing economic meltdown, fell to second from last on the index of 146 countries, just below Zimbabwe."
