Mexico was named the third happiest country in the world, according to the Happiness index 2025Published this week by Ipsos, a global market for market research and survey.
With 21% of respondents considering themselves “very happy” and 61% “somewhat happy”, Mexico checks with a total of 82% in these two categories, following only India (88%) and the Netherlands (86%). It was ahead of Indonesia and Brazil (both 79%) in the first five.
In the same index last year, Mexico, at 83%, ranked second behind the 85%of the Netherlands and ahead of Indonesia and India, both at 82%.
The results of the 30 -country study were jointly released with the United Nations International Day, Recognized every March 20.
This date is also when the UN publishes its annual report on the world of happiness – which is different from the Ipsos happiness index.
In the New World Happiness report published this week, Mexico ranks 10th, a significant leap in relation to its classification n ° 25 a year ago and n ° 36 two years ago.
Third in the Ipsos happiness index
The IPSOS survey focuses on self -declared happiness and explores factors contributing to happiness and misfortune – such as family, relations and financial situations.
The family and children are the most important contributors to happiness in Mexico, cited by 45% of respondents. Feeling appreciated and appreciated follows 34%, reflecting the importance of interpersonal relationships in Mexican culture.
Mental health and well-being also play crucial roles, with 32% of respondents highlighting these factors. Physical health (cited by 28% of respondents) and the financial situation (23%) were less important.
Married Mexicans have reported higher levels of happiness (87%) compared to singles (13%), and employment has a significant impact on happiness, 84% of people employed feeling happy against 16% of the unemployed.
The average of the 30 countries of this year shows that 16% of respondents worldwide as “very happy” – putting Mexico at five percentage points above the world average – and 55% as “somewhat happy”, for a total 71% global score.
Globally, reported happiness has decreased in the index in the past 14 years, with 15 of the 20 countries questioned in 2011, today pointing out of lower happiness levels.
The United States are part of it; At 68%, its n ° 21 showing this year is 16 places lower than its 2011 ranking and seven places lower than its classification No. 14 (72%) last year.
Canada (67%) won rank No. 22 this year after placing No. 18 last year (71%). He has dropped 18 percentage points since 2011.
Turkey, the happiest country in 2011, fell by 40 percentage points to 49%, making it the happy second nation of the 2025 survey, which has only Hungary (45%). The rest of the last five is occupied by Germany (64%), Japan (60%) and South Korea (50%).
Mexico is making a big leap in the report of the Happiness of the United Nations
The World Happiness Report is compiled thanks to a partnership involving Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Center and the Networm solutions of the Surabable.
He conducted his last survey in 147 countries, against 30 for the Ipsos study.
The United Nations report classifies countries By average life assessments during the previous three years, the collection of data on six variables of happiness.
Mexico, which found itself classified n ° 46 in 2020, climbed to n ° 25 last year and classified n ° 10 This year.
In this study, Finland nailed ranking No. 1 for an eighth consecutive year, while the United States fell to n ° 24 – its lowest ranking in the 25 years of existence of this survey.
Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and the Netherlands completed the first five of this year, the Costa Rica ranking sixth to fill all the countries of Latin and the Caribbean.
“In Mexico and Europe, a household size from four to five predicts the highest levels of happiness,” noted the study. “The couples who live with at least one child, or couples who live with children and members of their extended families, have particularly high average satisfaction with a medium life.”
The report has also revealed that “sharing meals with others is strongly linked to well-being in all global regions”, noting that “the number of people who dine alone in the United States has increased by 53% in the past two decades”.
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