The US fell to 24th in the 2025 World Happiness Report, which highlighted issues like Americans eating alone and rising ...

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Latest World Happiness Report ranks America at 24th place as the country struggles with rise in loneliness and ‘deaths of despair.’ ...

This, in turn, was also tied to a devastating rise in “deaths of despair” among people of working age. Deaths of despair are usually attributed to issues like suicide, alcohol and drugs.

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It also noted that the United States was one of few countries to see a rise of so-called "deaths of despair" -- from suicide or substance abuse -- at a time when those deaths are declining in a ...

Finland ranks as the happiest country in the world, while the U.S. falls amid rising loneliness and deaths of despair, according to the World Happiness Report.

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The report said its decline is due to factors like eating alone and rising 'deaths of despair.' Finland topped the list for the 8th year running, with a strong showing for other European nations.