Finland ranked world's happiest country eight years in a row

Finland ranked world's happiest country eight years in a row

Finland ranks as the world's happiest country for the eighth straight year in an annual UN-sponsored World Happiness Report, while the United States falls to its lowest ranking ever.

"We have quite a well-functioning society," explains Frank Martela, an academic specialised in wellbeing and happiness research.

"We have free elections, free speech, low levels of corruption."