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Finland is the world's happiest country.

The World Happiness Report, published Wednesday, studied the happiness levels of 156 countries. It considered factors such as life expectancy, social support and corruption in its examination.

Finland pushed last year's happiest country, Norway, to second place. The other three Nordic countries, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland also made the top ten. They are joined by Switzerland, The Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.

The United States fell to l8th place. For the first time, the report also ranked 1 17 countries by the happiness and well-being of their foreign-born immigrants. Finland placed first in that group, as well. In fact, the study found that highly ranked countries in overall happiness had similarly happy immigrant populations.

John Helliwell is an editor of the 2018 World Happiness Report. He said the study shows that a population's happiness seems contagious. In other words, it spreads. He called that the "most striking finding" of the report.

"Those who move to happier countries gain, while those who move to less happy countries lose," Helliwell said.

Finland is a nation of 5.5 million people. It has about 300,000 foreigners. Its largest immigrant groups come from other European countries. But there are also small communities from Afghanistan, China, Iraq and Somalia.The United States ranked I lth in the first World Happiness Report, released in 2012. It has never been in the top 10.

The report noted several reasons for its falling position. It said that the United States is in the middle of "a complex and worsening public health crisis, involving..obesity,opioid addiction and major depressive disorder."

It added that the "sociopolitical system" in the U.S. produces more income inequality — a major reason for unhappiness –than other countries with similarly high-income levels.

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