Guess which country is the happiest in the world for the ninth year in a row?

You got it: Finland!

The World Happiness Report lists Finland at the very helm among its neighbors and cousins—the Nordic nations dominate the top six rankings.

The lengthy report (272 pages) can be scrutinized in different ways. Here’s an interesting insight: none of the ten happiest countries primarily speak English; New Zealand (11th), Ireland (13th), Australia (15th), the United States (23rd), Canada (25th), and the United Kingdom (29th) all rank lower.

While we are at it, here are a few more here-and-there facts.

Taiwan leads Asia at 26th place, while Mauritius tops Africa at 73rd.

The U.S. saw a slight improvement, moving up to 23rd after its lowest ranking last year.

Young people in North America and Western Europe report lower happiness levels compared to fifteen years ago, partly due to social media use. Moderate use tends to increase happiness, but heavy browsing on algorithm-driven platforms decreases it. In Latin America, where social media is more often used for communication rather than browsing, youth happiness has remained steady.

Happiness scores are based on surveys rating life quality on a scale from 0 to 10 averaged over three years. The rankings are determined by how people rate their own quality of life on average. Finns gave their lives an average score of 7.8 on the zero-to-ten scale used in the report.

Of the Nordic countries, Iceland places second, Denmark third, Sweden fifth, and Norway sixth.

The report also factors in elements like corruption and life expectancy—areas where Finland scores highly—but notes that Finland performs poorly regarding generosity measures such as helping strangers or making donations.