Tel Aviv Ranked as One of The Happiest Cities in the World
Tel Aviv is the only Middle Eastern city included on the blog’s list of 14 cites “known for their positivity and prosperity.” The list includes two locations in California as well as the Spanish city of Madrid; Stockholm in Sweden; Toronto, Canada; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Reykjavík, Iceland; Bergen, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark; Zurich, Switzerland; Wellington, New Zealand; Aarhus, Denmark; and Helsinki, Finland.
Israel has been repeatedly mentioned in happiest country and city rankings.
In the 2020 World Happiness Report, which for the first time focused on cities, Tel Aviv was ranked the eighth happiest city worldwide while Jerusalem was ranked 33rd based on the Gallup World Poll. A total of 186 cities were ranked worldwide.
In March, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network released a report of the world’s happiest countries and Israel was listed as No. 4 this year behind Finland, Denmark and Iceland. The country moved up from its No. 9 ranking last year and it is the highest position for Israel since the index issued by the United Nations began in 2012. The ranking was determined using data from a global survey conducted in more than 150 countries, and countries were ranked based on their average life evaluations from 2020 to 2022.
Shiryn Ghermezian