World's happiest countries

POSTED: 12:18 PM PDT Oct 20, 2011 UPDATED: 07:40 AM PDT May 28, 2013

What makes people happy? A combination of things, according to this year's list of the happiest countries in the world.

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The annual survey ranks more than 30 industrialized nations on criteria such as income levels, health, safety and housing. Here are the 10 happiest countries, according to the index:

Happiest Countries - Generic

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London generic

Iceland blurb

Netherlands

Denmark

Washington D.C. fireworks over U.S. Capitol

Switzerland 2

Happiest - Norway

friendly countries Canada

Sweden

Melbourne, Australia

New Zealand

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