{"id":52529,"date":"2026-03-23T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=52529"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:05:33","slug":"uae-in-world-happiness-ranking-2026-first-in-the-arab-world-and-21st-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae-in-world-happiness-ranking-2026-first-in-the-arab-world-and-21st-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE in World Happiness Ranking 2026: First in the Arab World and 21st Globally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new global ranking is out, and it&#8217;s another positive update for everyone calling the UAE home. The<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/news\/2026-03-19-world-happiness-report-2026-shows-complex-global-picture-social-media-and-happiness\">World Happiness Report 2026<\/a> named the <strong>UAE the happiest country in the Arab world<\/strong>. It also ranks 21st<br>globally, ahead of the US (23rd) and the UK (29th).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several key factors are taken into account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>social support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GDP per capita<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>healthy life expectancy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>freedom to make life choices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>generosity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>perceptions of corruption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The result is also based on how people evaluate their own lives, not just economic indicators. <strong>Residents in the UAE reported more positive emotions<\/strong> than negative ones, pointing to a generally <strong>balanced and<br>comfortable way of life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_2298764199.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_2298764199.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_2298764199-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_2298764199-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_2298764199-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finland remains the happiest country<\/strong> in the world for the ninth year in a row. It&#8217;s followed by Iceland (2),<br>Denmark (3), Costa Rica (4), and Sweden (5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other countries across the region ranked as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saudi Arabia: 22nd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kuwait: 40th<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bahrain: 55th<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oman: 58th<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Egypt: 139th<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lebanon: 141st<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the only global ranking where the UAE stands out. <strong>Abu Dhabi has also been named the safest city in the world <\/strong>for the 10th year in a row, with four other UAE cities making it into the global top 10. Check the full list <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae-cities-dominate-top-5-in-global-safety-index-2026-abu-dhabi-is-first-again\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new global ranking is out, and it&#8217;s another positive update for everyone calling the UAE home. TheWorld Happiness Report 2026 named the UAE the happiest country in the Arab world. It also ranks 21stglobally, ahead of the US (23rd) and the UK (29th). Several key factors are taken into account: The result is also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":15844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}},{"id":15499,"slug":"abu-dhabi","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/abu-dhabi\/","api_id":2,"title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi"}},{"id":15500,"slug":"sharjah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/sharjah\/","api_id":3,"title":{"rendered":"Sharjah"}},{"id":15505,"slug":"rak","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/rak\/","api_id":6,"title":{"rendered":"RAK"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}