The United States has dropped to its lowest ranking ever in the World Happiness Report, coming in at No. 24. The annual report, released on the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness, surveys residents in more than 140 countries on their quality of life.

Americans are increasingly less happy than residents of other countries, according to the World Happiness Report 2025, published Thursday, and now sit at the lowest point since tracking began in

The United States fell to its lowest happiness ranking ever partly due to a rise in the number of Americans eating their meals alone, an annual UN-sponsored report said Thursday. Finland ranked as the world's happiest country for the eighth straight year in the World Happiness Report,