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Finland has topped an index of the happiest nations for the second year in a row, while Iran ranked 117th out of 156 countries.

The report is based on economic wealth, life expectancy, social support, freedom to make life choices and levels of government corruption.

Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, and Austria followed the crowned Finland as the top ten. Southern Sudan stayed at the bottom of the table, lower than the Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Rwanda, Yemen, Malawi, Syria, Botswana, Haiti, and Zimbabwe.

It is the second year the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network evaluated 117 countries by the happiness and well-being of their citizens and immigrants as part of the annual report.

The Islamic Republic of Iran ranked 117th, eleven spots lower than last year.

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