Sri Lanka is at the bottom of the 2022 World Happiness Report

Sri Lanka has ranked 127th place in the World Happiness Report 2022 out of 146 countries, while Finland secured the top spot for the fifth consecutive year.

Meanwhile, India fell far behind its neighbouring countries in the index, at 136th place. Warring neighbours Russia and Ukraine have been ranked 80 and 98 respectively. The report ranks 150 countries (146 in 2022).

The index is calculated using people’s self-reported happiness as well as economic and social data and, based on a three-year average, assigns a happiness score in the range 0 to 10.