Join us for the launch of World Happiness Report 2025
Researchers, policymakers, and members of the public are invited to a series of international events to mark the launch of World Happiness Report 2025.
This year’s report will launch on Thursday 20 March with a series of events, live-streamed from around the world, to celebrate International Day of Happiness.
In addition to the ranking of the world’s happiest countries, the report includes curated chapters from international experts at the forefront of wellbeing science. This year’s edition centres around the theme of ‘caring and sharing’. Here’s a sneak preview of what to expect.
The report is published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, in partnership with Gallup, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and an independent editorial board.
13:00 UTC - North America
Our flagship launch event, delivered by Semafor and hosted by Gallup at their HQ in Washington DC, will run for two hours from 09:00 EDT (UTC-4). 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.
Register for the North American launch
14:00 UTC - Latin America (en español)
Researchers from Central and South America will host a Spanish-language launch event at National Technology Institute of Mexico (ITAM) from 08:00 CDMX (UTC-6). This event will be hosted by the authors of Chapter 4 which compares how household size and family bonds relate to happiness in Mexico and Western Europe.
More details to follow
15:30 UTC - Africa
The 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.
Register for the African launch
19:00 UTC - Europe
The UK charity, Action for Happiness, will host a special event in celebration of International Day of Happiness from 19:00 GMT (UTC+0). This virtual event will feature World Happiness Report editor, Lara B. Aknin, in conversation with Dr Radha Modgil and Mark Williamson.
Register for the European launch
04:00+1 UTC - Asia
Leading Asian happiness researchers, including World Happiness Report editor Shun Wang, will dive into the key insights from this year’s report and discuss their relevance for the world’s most populous region with a virtual event on the morning of Friday 21 March, starting from 09:30 (New Delhi), 12:00 (Beijing/Singapore), 13:00 (Seoul/Tokyo).