The Danes are the happiest people on planeth Earth – at least according to the United Nation’s World Happiness Report 2016. Trailing Denmark are Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Finland. The United States rank #13, Germany #16 and the UK #23. The world’s unhappiest people live in Togo, Syria and Burundi.

For the first time, the World Happiness Report gives a special role to measuring the consequences of inequality in the distribution of well-being among countries and regions. It finds that people are happier living in societies where there is less inequality of happiness.

The Danes are also among the most progressive when it comes to women’s rights and gender equality. A recent survey of more than 7.000 women has, according to the Copenhagen Convention Bureau, ranked Denmark as the world’s “Best Country for Women”.