Considered by many to be an important indicator of a country's success, the happiness ranking was introduced ten years ago by the UN.
The rating takes into account six factors, including GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity and perception of corruption.
In this year's report, released on International Day of Happiness (March 20th), Poland placed 39th, up from 48th last year.
Poland also demonstrated a relatively low level of happiness inequality, ranking 30th in the world, which indicates that the difference in happiness between the more and less happy halves of the population is fairly modest.
The happiest countries in the world remain the same as in previous years, with the Nordic countries of Finland, Denmark, and Iceland occupying the top three spots.
In Central and Eastern Europe, the Czech Republic ranks the highest (18th), narrowly followed by Lithuania (20th).
Among EU nations, Poland placed higher than Latvia (41st), Croatia (48th), Hungary (51st), Portugal (56th), Greece (58th) and Bulgaria (77th).
At the tail end of the global ranking are Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone.
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Source: The World Happiness Report 2023, Rzeczpospolita
