Top 10 happiest countries in Africa 2023, Ghana drops out of the list

The list of the world's happiest countries for 2023 has been released shedding light on the nations where people enjoy the highest levels of well-being and satisfaction with their lives.

The  World Happiness Report, a publication of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, has used statistical analysis to determine the world's happiest countries.

Ghana's position on the latest World Happiness Report has dropped to 111th in 2022 from 95th in 2021.

The ranking considers a range of economic, social, and environmental factors, and offers insights into what makes a country a great place to live.

A CNN report on this year’s release indicates that benevolence is about 25% higher than it was pre-pandemic.

“Benevolence to others, especially the helping of strangers, which went up dramatically in 2021, stayed high in 2022,” John Helliwell, one of the authors of the World Happiness Report, said in an interview with CNN.

And global happiness has not taken a hit in the three years of the Covid-19 pandemic. Life evaluations from 2020 to 2022 have been “remarkably resilient,” the report says, with global averages basically in line with the three years preceding the pandemic.

Find below the top 10 happiest countries in Africa:

Mauritius (52nd)

Libya (86th)

Cote d' Ivoire (88th)    

South Africa (91st)    

Gambia (93rd)   

Algeria (96th)   

 Liberia (97th)   

 Congo Brazzavlle (99th)     

Morocco (100th)    

Mozambique (101st)

No African country was ranked among the top 50th happiest nation with Mauritius placing highest in 52nd place.

They were followed by Libya (86th), Cote d' Ivoire (88th), South Africa (91st), Gambia (93rd), Algeria (96th), Liberia (97th), Congo Brazzaville (99th) and Morocco (100th).

See the list of 20 happiest countries in Africa below;

  Mauritius (52nd)

 Libya (86th)

Cote d' Ivoire (88th)

 South Africa (91st)

Gambia (93rd)

Algeria (96th)

Liberia (97th)

Congo Brazzavlle (99th) 

Morocco (100th)

 Mozambique (101st)

 Cameroon (102nd)

Senegal (103rd)

Niger (104th)

Gabon (106th)

Guinea (109th)

 Ghana (111th)

Burkina Faso (113th)

Benin (115th)

Comoros (116th)

Uganda (117th)