Strangers twice of our kind as we think, the study indicates

Strangers are about twice what people think, a study that looks at happiness all over the world suggests.

The happiness report for this year – which was released on Thursday – was measured by confidence in strangers by losing the deliberate wallets, seeing their number that was returned and compared to this with the number of people who believe it will be delivered.

The average portfolio that was returned was almost twice as people foretold, and the study, which collected evidence from all over the world, found that believing kindly others was more happy than previously thought.

The report ranked Finland as the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, with the United States and the United Kingdom slipping into the list.

John F. said. Hilwell, an economist at the University of Columbia, and a founding editor of the report, that the data of the wallet experience showed that “people are happier as they believe that people care about each other.”

He added that the study showed that people were “very pessimistic”, as more wallets were likely to be returned.

The thirteenth annual happiness report, which was released to celebrate the International Day of the United Nations, is occupied to be the happiest country in the world by asking people to evaluate their lives.

Finland again ranked first with an average score of 7.736 out of 10, while Costa Rica and Mexico entered the first ten positions for the first time.

Both the United Kingdom and the United States fell to the list to 23 and 24, respectively – the lowest position ever of the latter.

The study, published by the Welfare Research Center at Oxford University, requested that people evaluate their lives on a scale 0 to 10 – zero being the worst life and 10 are the best possible life.

Country classifications are based on an average of three years of these grades.

Global Happiness Report 2025 also found:

• Decreased happiness and social confidence in the United States and parts of Europe combined to explain the rise and direction of political polarization;
• The participation of meals with others was strongly linked to luxury around the world;
• The size of the family was closely related to happiness, as four to five people live together the highest levels of happiness in Mexico and Europe

Jeffrey d. Sachs, the head of the United Nations Sustainable Development Network, The results that have been reaffirmed “happiness is rooted in confidence, kindness and social communication.”

He said, “It is up to us as individuals and virtuous citizens to translate this vital fact into a positive work, thus promoting peace, clothing and luxury in societies all over the world,” he said.

“In the era of social isolation and political polarization, we need to find ways to bring people around the table again – doing so is it very important to our individual and group well -being,” added Jean Edmanuel de Neve, director of the Oxford Welfare Research Center.