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World Happiness Report 2023

Lara Aknin, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, John Helliwell, Richard Layard, Jeffrey D. Sachs and Shun Wang


It has been over ten years since the first World Happiness Report was published. And it is exactly ten years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/281, proclaiming 20 March to be observed annually as International Day of Happiness. Since then, more and more people have come to believe that our success as countries should be judged by the happiness of our people. There is also a growing consensus about how happiness should be measured. This consensus means that national happiness can now become an operational objective for governments.


20 March 2023

Sustainable Development Solutions Network

World Happiness Report 2023

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This External report is part of the centre's Community Wellbeing programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Causes and effects of wellbeing, Targeting policy at wellbeing, Mental health policies