Why Israelis are so Happy at 75 | Fathom

Some of you might have heard the news that Israel is the fourth happiest country on the planet, according to the latest UN-sponsored World Happiness Report. Only three Scandinavian countries ranked higher on the global happiness index. The Danes (the second happiest people) and the Icelanders (the third happiest) measured roughly the same as the Israelis when one rounds up the hedonic numbers. The Finns, the world’s happiest people, were fractionally more contented. Think about that for a moment. Except for three very slightly happier nationalities, the Israelis proved to be more joyful than the rest of Scandinavia and all other affluent Western peoples who sometimes boast of their joie de vivre.