Malta's people are the happiest on earth, according to an annual World Database of Happiness complied by Rotterdam Erasmus University Prof. Ruut Veenhoven.
The study has shown that 74% of the Maltese said they were feeling happy, ITAR-TASS said Sunday.
Denmark, Switzerland and Colombia followed closely with 73%.
The rest of the countries in top ten are Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, Finland and Ghana.
Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Moldova and Ukraine were placed at the bottom of the ranking.
No more than 20% there have said they were happy.