Norway unseats Denmark as world's happiest country - report


  • World
  • Monday, 20 Mar 2017

FILE PHOTO - A woman walks near Bryggen (the Wharf) near the marina in downtown Bergen, March 20, 2012. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Norway displaced Denmark as the world's happiest country in a new report released on Monday that called on nations to build social trust and equality to improve the wellbeing of their citizens.

The Nordic nations are the most content, according to the World Happiness Report 2017 produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative launched by the United Nations in 2012.

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