The United Nations commissions the World Happiness Report. The report is actually written by a group of independent experts acting in their personal capacities. The ‘2018 World Happiness Report’ available here:
Here are two articles available from the Guardian, the first describing the UN report and the second interviews people from Finland about why they are happy:
- Finland is the happiest country in the world, says UN report
- ‘Finns are happy because every citizen is equal’: readers on living in Finland
Love, @happy_ops