Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.

周四发布的2025年《世界幸福报告》显示，芬兰连续第八年被评为世界上最幸福国家。

Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the same order.

在牛津大学幸福研究中心发布的这份年度报告中，其他北欧国家也再次位居幸福排行榜前列。除芬兰外，丹麦、冰岛和瑞典依旧稳居前四，且排名未变。

Aino Virolainen, a digital commerce director, has lived abroad but always wants to return home to Finland.

数字商务总监艾诺·维罗莱宁虽曾旅居海外，但始终心系芬兰，渴望回归故土。



"This is where I always want to come back to and where I want to, you know, grow my kids and grow old myself," Virolainen said Thursday. "And I think it's because, you know, the peace and the quietness and the trustworthiness. You know, how we speak directly and the nature, of course. It's clean and the air is fresh and what's there not to love?"

“这里是我一直想回来的地方，也是我想抚养孩子、安度晚年的地方，”维罗莱宁周四表示， “我想，这是因为这里的宁静、祥和与值得信赖。你知道，我们说话的方式很直接，当然，这也是我们的天性。这里环境清洁，空气清新，还有什么理由不爱呢？”

Country rankings were based on answers people give when asked to rate their own lives. The study was done in partnership with the analytics firm Gallup and the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

国家排名基于人们对自身生活满意度的评价。这项研究是与分析公司盖洛普和联合国可持续发展解决方案网络合作进行的。

"Happiness isn't just about wealth or growth — it's about trust, connection and knowing people have your back," said Jon Clifton, the CEO of Gallup. "If we want stronger communities and economies, we must invest in what truly matters: each other."

“幸福不仅仅关乎财富或增长，更关乎信任、联系以及深知有人支持自己，”盖洛普首席执行官乔恩·克利夫顿表示， “如果我们想要更强大的社区和经济，就必须投资于真正重要的事物：彼此。”



Sharing meals and having somebody to count on

共享美食与有人可依

Researchers say that beyond health and wealth, some factors that influence happiness sound deceptively simple: sharing meals with others, having somebody to count on for social support, and household size. In Mexico and Europe, for example, a household size of four to five people predicts the highest levels of happiness, the study said.

研究人员表示，除了健康和财富，一些影响幸福的因素看似简单得令人难以置信：与他人共享美食、 有可依靠的人提供社会支持，以及家庭规模。例如，研究显示，在墨西哥和欧洲，四至五口人的家庭幸福感最高。

Believing in the kindness of others is also much more closely tied to happiness than previously thought, according to the latest findings.

最新研究还发现，相信他人的善良与幸福之间的联系比以往认为的要紧密得多。

As an example, the report suggests that people who believe that others are willing to return their lost wallet is a strong predictor of the overall happiness of a population.

例如， 报告指出，相信他人会归还遗失钱包的人，其所在群体的整体幸福感往往更高。



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Nordic nations rank among the top places for expected and actual return of lost wallets, the study found.

研究发现，北欧国家在遗失钱包的预期归还率和实际归还率方面均名列前茅。

Alexandra Peth, a managing director, said Finnish culture prioritizes trust and connection.

盖洛普咨询公司董事总经理亚历山德拉·佩思表示，芬兰文化重视信任与联系。

"People trust each other in Finland and I think on many levels in the society, we try to support each other," Peth said. "So I think the system makes it kind of that you can trust it somehow."

“在芬兰，人们相互信任，我认为在社会的各个层面，我们都努力相互支持，”佩思说， “所以，我认为这种体系在某种程度上让人们可以相互信任。”

Overall, researchers said that global evidence on the perceived and actual return of lost wallets shows that people are much too pessimistic about the kindness of their communities compared to reality — actual rates of wallet return are around twice as high as people expect.

总体而言，研究人员表示，全球范围内关于遗失钱包的预期归还率和实际归还率的证据表明，人们对社区善意的看法过于悲观，与实际情况相比，实际归还率大约是人们预期的两倍。



The U.S. falls to its lowest-ever position in the happiness ranking

美国幸福排名降至历史最低

While European countries dominate the top 20 in the ranking, there were some exceptions. Despite the war with Hamas, Israel came in at eighth. Costa Rica and Mexico entered the top 10 for the first time, ranking at sixth and 10th respectively.

在排名前20的国家中，欧洲国家占据主导地位，但也有一些例外。尽管与哈马斯交战，以色列仍位列第八。哥斯达黎加和墨西哥首次跻身前十，分别位列第六和第十。

When it comes to decreasing happiness — or growing unhappiness — the United States has dropped to its lowest-ever position at 24, having previously peaked at 11th place in 2012. The report states that the number of people dining alone in the United States has increased 53% over the past two decades.

在幸福感下降或不幸感上升方面，美国的排名降至历史最低的第24位， 此前在2012年曾达到最高的第11位。报告指出，过去二十年间，美国独自用餐的人数增加了53%。

The United Kingdom, at position 23, is reporting its lowest average life evaluation since the 2017 report.

英国排名第23位，自2017年报告以来，其平均生活满意度降至最低。

Afghanistan is again ranked as the unhappiest country in the world, with Afghan women saying their lives are especially difficult.

阿富汗再次被评为全球最不幸福的国家，阿富汗女性表示她们的生活尤为艰难。

Sierra Leone in western Africa is the second unhappiest, followed by Lebanon, ranking third from the bottom.

西非国家塞拉利昂是第二不幸福的国家，黎巴嫩紧随其后，排名倒数第三。



Almost one-fifth of young adults globally have no social support

全球近五分之一的年轻人缺乏社会支持

In a concerning development, the study said that 19% of young adults across the world reported in 2023 that they have no one they could count on for social support. That is a 39% increase compared to 2006.

一项令人担忧的研究发现，2023年， 全球19%的年轻人表示，他们没有可以依靠的社会支持。与2006年相比，这一比例增加了39%。

All countries are ranked according to their self-assessed life evaluations averaged over 2022 to 2024.

所有国家的排名均基于2022年至2024年间人们对自身生活满意度的自我评估平均值。



Experts in economics, psychology, sociology and beyond then seek to explain the variations across countries and over time using factors such as gross domestic product per capita, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on, a sense of freedom, generosity and perceptions of corruption.

随后，经济学、心理学、 社会学等领域的专家试图利用人均国内生产总值、 健康预期寿命、有可依靠的人、自由感、慷慨度以及对腐败的看法等因素，解释各国之间以及随时间推移的幸福感差异。

Jouni Purhonen, a Helsinki resident, called Finns "really calm."

赫尔辛基居民尤尼·普尔霍宁称芬兰人“非常冷静”。

"So we have the time to think about things like live our life really peacefully and I guess easily, if you will," Purhonen said.

“所以我们有时间思考如何平静地生活，如果你愿意的话，也可以轻松地生活，”普尔霍宁说。

                                     素材来源：美联社