This two-hour Semafor event starts at 09:00 EDT (UTC-4), live-streamed from Gallup HQ in Washington DC. Conversations with top leaders and researchers will focus on the report’s key themes around kindness, generosity, and happiness, helping global citizens and decision-makers to understand the trends in happiness and kindness, improve social connections, and implement policies that enhance wellbeing.
Watch nowThe University of Johannesburg will host our first-ever launch event on the African continent from 17:30 SAST (UTC+2). This event will feature a range of African experts discussing the key findings from this year’s report and how African leaders should respond.
Watch nowOn 21 March, from 10:00 to 13:00 CDMX (UTC-6), the seminar World Happiness Report 2025: Main Messages for Mexico and Latin America will be held in the Ernesto Meneces Morales Auditorium of the Universidad Iberoamericana and broadcast online. Conducted in Spanish, the main findings of the WHR 2025 will be presented and discussed, highlighting the most relevant aspects for Latin America.
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Join us for the launch of World Happiness Report 2025
Happiness in the Year of the Wood Snake
Climbing the (Cantril) ladder
Progress on measuring progress
Happiness and the UN
A waste of taxpayers’ money?
Global research team assembled for World Happiness Report 2025
The power of connection
Older, wiser, and ... happier?
The kids are (not) alright
Well-being "critical" for dementia risk reduction, research suggests
Submit a chapter proposal for the 2025 World Happiness Report
A Latin American perspective on the World Happiness Report 2024
World Happiness Report 2024: Most comprehensive picture yet of happiness across generations
Join the Asia Pacific launch to discuss findings of World Happiness Report 2024
New publishing partnership for World Happiness Report
Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs: A Conversation with Richard Layard & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve on Wellbeing, Science and Policy
Happiest Countries Prove Resilient Despite Overlapping Crises
Upcoming Event: Deepening the Impact of ESD through Happiness & SEL
Upcoming Webinars: Continuing the Conversation on Happiness
Lifeslices: The Search for Happiness
Media round up on the World Happiness Report 2022
Balance, Harmony, and Happiness? A Discussion of the World Happiness Report 2022
Amid War and Disease, World Happiness Report Shows Bright Spot
Video Series: Deep Dive Into the 2021 World Happiness Report
Media round up on the World Happiness Report 2021
In a Lamentable Year, Finland Again is the Happiest Country in the World
Sustainability makes people happier, research finds
New report highlights the impact of COVID-19 on life satisfaction worldwide
When to Release the Lockdown: A Wellbeing Framework for Analysing Costs and Benefits
Media Round up on the World Happiness Report 2020
Navigating Happiness Amidst COVID-19: Key Outcomes from World Happiness Report Webinar
It’s a Three-Peat, Finland Keeps Top Spot as Happiest Country in World
Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier Than The U.S.
Media Round up on the 2019 World Happiness Report
Finland Again is the Happiest Country in the World
Gallup launches Migration Research Center
Empirical Linkages between Good Governance and National Well-being, Journal of Comparative Economics
How to Be Happy, Freakonomics Radio
Media Round up on the 2018 World Happiness Report
Finland Wins Double Gold in World Happiness Report 2018
Coffee & Happiness - the virtuous circle we want (and need) to nurture
Global Happiness Policy Report Released
Explore the 2017 World Happiness Report data via Tableau
Media Roundup on 2017 World Happiness Report
Fifth World Happiness Report Ranks Happiest Countries
The 2017 World Happiness Report will be released on International Day of Happiness – March 20
Round Up of 2016 Happiness Report Press Coverage
World Happiness Report 2016 Update Ranks Happiest Countries
World Happiness Report 2016 Update
Round up of 2015 World Happiness Report Press Coverage
Video: World Happiness Launch Event
World Happiness Report 2015 launch event in New York
World Happiness Report 2015 Ranks Happiest Countries
World Happiness Report Wins Award For the Betterment Of the Human Condition
Report Calls On Policy Makers To Make Happiness A Key Measure And Target Of Development
First World Happiness Report Launched at the United Nations