Israel Ranks Eighth in World Happiness Index
February 22, 2026
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Despite ongoing war and security threats, Israel placed eighth in the 2025 World Happiness Report. This remarkable ranking reflects on its resilience and a culture woven around relationships. Whether it’s visiting for a Shabbat dinner or spending time with friends, Israel leads the world in its quality of social ties.
In a Tablet article, here’s how Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy summed up why this is:
In a world of globalized alienation, secular and religious Israelis alike remain proudly connected to their story as a people, through rituals as old as the Passover Seder and as new as the letters soldiers write before they go into battle.
