U.S. drops in global happiness rankings, and political polarization is partly to blame

[UpInArms]

Source: USA Today

The United States isn’t feeling too happy lately. Since 2012, the mood in the United States has been on the decline, sliding from 11th to 24th in the global rankings, according to Gallup’s 2025 World Happiness Report.

Finland holds the top spot for the eighth consecutive year. Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and the Netherlands round out the top five happiest countries.

Based on a population's average evaluation of their quality of life from 2022 to 2024, this year's study data ranks 147 nations according to their happiness levels. The rankings are primarily based on data from the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford and Gallup World Poll, which asks respondents to rate their present level of happiness.

As the United States slumped to 24th, Mexico and Costa Rico hopped into the top 10 for the first time since the report's introduction in 2012.


Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/07/02/united-states-world-happiness-rankings-2025/84385092007/

[Walleye]

1. The more Americans are unhappy, the happier the president United States is

This is what we need to to accept. He’s trying to make people miserable and succeeding at it. He has no shame no morality.

[PortTack]

5. Yup....let's show the orange goon he can't take away everything!

[Jimi du Ranty]

6. I call it Terrorism

This is sadistic terrorism by the Republicans.

[-misanthroptimist]

2. But...but...

Finland holds the top spot for the eighth consecutive year. Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and the Netherlands round out the top five happiest countries.

...those are all SOCIALIST countries!!! How can this be?

[Bayard]

3. Scandinavians just wanna have fun

[-misanthroptimist]

4. They not only have fun, they're productive, too.

Norway has a higher per capita GDP than the US. The Netherlands are just one spot below the US. The other three are also in the top 25 per capita GDP. (Bear in mind that a good number of those above them are tiny countries and oil states.)

I beginning to think that this socialism stuff works when used properly.

[llmart]

8. I'd rather live in any one of them than here at this moment in time.

I'm all about hygge.

[LS0999]

7. 40% of the population, the Turd supporters, wants to subjugate and kill the other 60%.

It's only been 6 months and the groundwork is already being laid for genocide..