Have you ever stopped to think about how happy you really are and how your environment may influence your well-being? The World Happiness Report [1] contains the latest findings on the happiest countries in the world for 2017 [2], and you may be a little surprised to see the United States didn't make the top 10. (Or, you know, maybe you're not shocked at all, given the current troubling state of American politics [3].)

Many of the highest-rated nations are European, and the bottom tier consists of places such as Madagascar, Tanzania, Liberia, Afghanistan, and Burundi, to name a few. Check out the full 155-nation list here [4] — it's fascinating, to say the least. Although Denmark topped 2016's list, the top 10 for this year are the same as last year, just reordered a bit!

Sweden

Australia

New Zealand

Canada

Netherlands

Finland

Switzerland

Iceland

Denmark

Norway