Cyprus falls four places in World Happiness Report

Cyprus has fallen four places to 50^th in this year’s annual World Happiness Report, which was released on Wednesday.

The report includes data from 143 countries across the globe, with Cyprus having fallen in the rankings for a second successive year, having ranked as high as 41^st place two years ago.

This year’s report also focused on age demographics, with people in Cyprus aged below 30 years old ranked as the 51^st happiest on the planet.

Cyprus’ elderly are unhappier than its youth, too, with people on the island aged above 60 years old ranked as the 57^th happiest on the planet and scoring significantly lower.

In fact, Cyprus’ youth are the happiest age cohort in the country, while its elderly are its least happy, according to the report.

The island’s young people being happier than their elders holds true despite the fact that Cyprus ranks 109^th in the report in terms of changes in happiness between 2010 and 2023.

Finland ranked as the world’s happiest country for the fourth consecutive year, while Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden made up the rest of the top four.

Cyprus did rank higher than both Greece and Turkey, which placed in 64^th and a lowly 98^th respectively.

Afghanistan is the least happy country on Earth according to the report, while Lebanon, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, and the Congo rounded off the bottom five.