The U.S. dropped to its lowest-ever place on a list of the happiest countries to live in, according to an annual survey conducted in 2024 by the University of Oxford in partnership with Gallup and the United Nations released on Thursday.
The 2025 “World Happiness Report,” which ranked 147 countries by their happiness levels based on a population’s average evaluation of their quality of life from 2022 to 2024 — while former President Joe Biden was still in office — rated the U.S. in 24th place, its lowest ever spot. In contrast, Finland led the world in happiness for the eighth year in a row, with Finns reporting an average score of 7.736 out of 10 when asked to evaluate their lives, according to the report.
Notably, Americans were left grappling with various issues during Biden’s presidency, including a massive influx of illegal migrants, high crime rates, rampant…
