As of the 2017 report, Norway is the overall happiest country in the world. Quick fact: Norway was ranked as the fourth happiest country for the last two years.

Denmark was the one who lost the title to Norway. Denmark has won the title three of the four times.

The Nordic island nation, Iceland was awarded the third place this year. As most of the population lives in the capital, Reykjavik, which runs on geothermal Icelanders have one more reason to be happy.

Switzerland drops from the second to fourth position. Reason: Close competition between the top four nations

Finland, which was also known as the land of lakes comes in at the fifth place. Finland was awarded the same spot last year.

Netherlands, the country famous for Van Gogh, Tulips and Canals comes in the sixth position.

With vast swaths of wilderness, Canada comes in the seventh place. However, this is Canada's worst ranking since 2012. It was ranked sixth last year

The Eight position was awarded to the country sitting below Australia. New Zealand has maintained the eighth position for the second time in a row.

The land of the Great Barrier Reef is tied for the ninth place with Sweden. Australia gets to keep the same position despite the environmental threat to the Great Barrier Reef.

There is no tenth space. Reason: two nations have been tied for the ninth place. The second one of them is Sweden.