Sri Lanka has fallen to 133rd place in the 2025 World Happiness Report, dropping five positions from its 128th ranking in 2024. The report ranks 147 countries worldwide, evaluating global well-being and providing insights on how to improve it.
Published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, in collaboration with Gallup, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and an independent editorial board, the World Happiness Report uses data from the Gallup World Poll. The global ranking is based on a simple question from the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale, which asks respondents to imagine a ladder representing their best and worst possible life and to rate where they stand.
Finland maintained its top position in the rankings, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Costa Rica, Norway, Israel, Luxembourg, and Mexico rounded out the top 10. In contrast, Afghanistan ranked the lowest, with Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Malawi, and other nations also at the bottom of the index.
The 13th edition of the report was released in conjunction with the United Nations International Day of Happiness on March 20.
