article_snippet.sent: It's not just the fun activities that make locals and travelers to those countries happy, according to the third World Happiness Report, released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for The United Nations on April 23.
article_snippet.sent: People who live in the happiest countries have longer life expectancies and more social support, experience more generosity, have more freedom to make life choices, have lower perceptions of corruption and have a higher gross domestic product per capita, The World Happiness Report shows.
article_snippet.sent: Through the World Happiness Report, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network hopes to encourage governments at every level to measure and improve governments people's happiness.
article_snippet.sent: There is no single key to happiness," said Jeffrey Sachs, the network's director and an economics professor at Columbia University.
article_snippet.sent: Trusting society, having a government that ranks on low in corruption, a society where people are generous and volunteering -- all of these are important for happiness.
article_snippet.sent: Even if you don't live in one of the 10 happiest countries in the world, a visit to these happy places will give you a taste of what the locals enjoy every day.
article_snippet.sent: Here are the top 10 happiest places on Earth, according to the World Happiness Report.
article_snippet.sent: Switzerland took the top spot from Denmark in 2015, rising from third to first place in this year's list of the world's happiest countries.
article_snippet.sent: Nature and culture combine to make Iceland a truly happy place, so delightful that Iceland jumped from ninth to second place this year.
article_snippet.sent: Never mind that Denmark lost the top spot this year and is now the third-happiest country in the world.
article_snippet.sent: Project Happy: 10 ways to get happy .
article_snippet.sent: New to the top 10 list of happiest countries, New Zealand has plenty of reasons to celebrate.
highlights_snippet.sent: The World Happiness Report highlights the happiest countries .
  