Ireland ranked #14 in the recent World Happiness Report 2023

In the recent World Happiness Report 2023, Ireland has been ranked 14th around the world. The top-3 happiest countries around the world are Finland, Denmark and Iceland, respectively.

The report is based on six variables below:

• GDP per capita, 
• social support, 
• healthy life expectancy, 
• freedom, 
• generosity, and 
• corruption

If we look into details about what kinds of variables contributed to what extent for the rank of Ireland, we can notice that GDP per capita plays a significant role. In contrast, the "dystopia+residual" part seems to have a lower score compared to other countries.