How Finland Became the World's Happiest Country | Paws React

[@ChaplainBald]

We finns, we do not abuse alcohol, we drink every single drop we have.

[@mistermm3723]

its not abuse, its a loving relationship

[@anssi9883]

It's not an alcohol problem, it's an alcohol solution!

[@zeraith]

I don't have a drinking problem, I drink and get drunk just fine.

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

What alcohol problem? Don't you watch the news? Finland's alcohol consumption is in the middle of Europe. The alcohol consumption is going down all the time.

[@olvioltsu5722]

​@@cinderellaandstepsisters do you know how much middle europe drinks. We do have a huge alcohol problem

[@Kaislaana]

Finland is the epitome of "are you doing alright?" "yes (no)"

[@displaythis3805]

5:30 We're not 100% literate. My 1 year old nephew can't read.

[@ColinStiers]

Uncle Roger: F A I L U R E

[@kraatarin8226]

Shamefur dispray

[@Kaltsukka]

Dishonor Dishonor on nephews whole family Dishonor on nephew Dishonor on nephews cow Your mongol ancestors are ashamed

[@o-mangaming5042]

They clearly rounded up.

[@AVJHalonen]

I read this so 100% of the Finnish people who I know that read this are literate (English only).

[@Perkele-u5k]

Why we are happy. Because one of our small little invention. Sauna.

[@McDuggets]

Yep when i was doing blue helmet missions the first thing we always built was sauna😂

[@Perkele-u5k]

@McDuggets Sauna is the greatest.

[@KorbAgain]

Games from Finnish devs: Noita, Barotrauma, My Summer Car, Ultrakill Guess that country is indeed happiest

[@KorbAgain]

Actually, that might be one of the reasons why Hakita is based

[@usvax1]

Lets not forget about Fear and Hunger!

[@castform57]

Every game designed hurt you in some way. Also the worst of the worst, Baba is you.

[@reqq47]

Just to add couple notable games to the list: Death Rally, Max Payne 1&2, Alan Wake 1&2, Quantum Break, Control, and Cities: Skylines.

[@Ayrim_]

@@castform57every game is designed to hurt you because Finns are too happy without it

[@MyHabbits]

Just a small correction on 16:59 : The graph there is total energy (including heat), and NOT electricity. About half of that 30% of wood is used to heat homes, either in a fireplace or in a pellet burning central water heater. Only about 14% of electricity is produced with wood.

[@Kenraali]

Finnish man here. This kind of thing pops so often, it is almost tiring to say "it's not 'happiness', but being 'content'". Also, the metrics used for "happiness" aren't actually asking Finns if they are happy but how well it does on welfare, healthcare etc.

[@seneca983]

My understanding is that the happiness statistics *are* based on surveys asking about happiness specifically. There are different statistics on how e.g. healthcare works and/or how satisfied people are with it.

[@McDuggets]

@@seneca983They ask this question ”imagine a latter with 10 steps. Top of the ladder means you are in the position you want to be and tell me what step on the ladder are you on when bottom ladder means you are far away from the position you would like to be” Same question is asked multiple times but the subject changes: -Relationship with friends -Relarionship with family -Welfare/safety net/ do you trust that government will take care of you if something happens. -Job and are you where you want to be on that job. I have answered this question 2 times but i dont remember all the question perfectly

[@CouchObi]

Finland mentioned Torille Tuon kaljaa

[@DR_REDACTED]

Mutta mikä tori?

[@arytisaari]

​@@DR_REDACTEDkyllä

[@en-men-lu-ana6870]

Mä tuon makkarat!

[@pentu_woof]

you have summoned us finns

[@de14jabs]

Obligatory perkele

[@shi_no_kurai_kage]

Finns? FINNS!!!!! FIIIIIIIINNS!!!! FINNFINNFINNFINN

[@gojo1838]

We have been summoned!!🇫🇮

[@xItzSpruce]

Jee

[@frozencrow8735]

57% tax is a misinformation here. You'll have 57% tax if your income in the year is like over 500k. If your income is 20k-30k your tax should be around 20-25%.

[@joni8401]

Taxation. Your employer pays taxes for employing you. You pay taxes for getting paid. You pay taxes for buying. You pay taxes for selling. You pay taxes for existing. You pay taxes for stopping being alive. You pay taxes for receiving inheritance. You pay taxes for receiving welfare. You pay taxes for receiving a gift. You Pay taxes for wealth transfers (buying a house) There is not a single thing you can get away with without paying taxes for it. 25% income taxes for everything to earn and 25% VAT taxes for everything you buy is 50% taxation.

[@seneca983]

@@joni8401 "25% income taxes for everything to earn and 25% VAT taxes for everything you buy is 50% taxation." No, it's not. It's 40% taxation.

[@seneca983]

"If your income is 20k-30k your tax should be around 20-25%." It's higher if you include employer side contributions.

[@joni8401]

@@seneca983 I really wish people on the internet would stop making statements without adding in their reasoning. My income: 100$ minus my tax -25% = 75$ My purchase: 100$ plus my VAT +25% = 125$ My need to take a loan: 125$ minus 75$ = 50$ I calculate that I have to have 150$ to make a 100$ purchase. Feel free to correct me, I'm actually pretty bad at math.

[@joni8401]

@@seneca983 I had to sit down and prove you right. So you are right. Presuming I have to earn 125$ after taxes in order to make a purchase, the total tax percentages go down to around 40%.

[@sumu9970]

I'm happy that it's getting darker and colder finally.

[@JesperoTV]

9:19 I'm Finnish, and I can confirm that we were in fact just an inconsequential backwater for most of history

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

Not true.

[@Langeng1]

@@cinderellaandstepsisters depends who they want to compare themselves to, global trading and first to industrialise UK, or still active serfdom of Russia.

[@Xazamas]

Between years 1600-1860 Finland was the world's leading producer of tar. When all the ships are made of wood, tar is a strategic resource almost comparable to oil. Ships from Mayflower to HMS Victory most likely relied on hard labor of Finnish peasants to remain seaworthy.

[@Jaegerrants]

​@@XazamasFor most of that time we were part of sweden, last 50 part of russia. Aside for the wood products, with taxes and man power we contributed little to them. We've been part of regional politics, mainly as soldiers for one or another, but as a player of our own with actual impact, we are speaking of something like last 50 years, the first 50 were build up.

[@Rosemilie]

Yep, that's not true. A common misconception is that Finnish culture didn't exist much before independence - in fact, the Finns have had a strong identity and rich culture for thousands of years. In addition, Finnish is one of the oldest languages in Europe. Finnish people also have a unique genetic heritage (globally speaking).

[@displaythis3805]

9:11 We had to pay a ton to Russia after the war and we were in an economic crisis, but since we paid with industry (engines, ships, stuff like that), it boosted our industrial growth.

[@thorin1045]

"language looks like" hey, not even that tricky. (laughs in hungarian)

[@MikuOlliet]

probably is, considering hungarian and finnish are loosely related! (Finno-Ugric language tree)

[@Lauri156]

hungarian is also one of the alien languages of this planet with finnish XD

[@Tekdruid]

As a Finn, I can confirm Finland is indeed one of the most countries in the world.

[@ericdierolf8929]

In Finland, I just assumed that most of the happiness came from men being able to TRUST women to not pick a BEAR over them! 😮

[@RusttyPanda]

Knowing a woman not only is willing to go Dutch but actually WANTS to go Dutch means so much more than women realize

[@ZombieZhell]

We are not the happiest, just the most content and unlikely to publicly complain.

[@Morhgoz]

i'm watching this video bt the power of dark rum.... Yes, I'm also Finnish. It is know fact that about 50-90% people watching videos about Finland are in fact Finnish...

[@pentu_woof]

also finland literally has a hospital named KYS Kuopion Yliopistollinen Sairaala

[@ekiest]

I believe the metric they used for determining how happy a country is was from the "World Happiness Report". It basically asked the questing "Imagine happiness as a ladder with ten steps. The best possible life you can imagine is a 10 and the worst 0. What step do you see yourself standing on?". Something like that.

[@o-mangaming5042]

Buddhism has the right idea. The key to happiness is low expectations.

[@Staccet]

15:00 "Yeah I am not gonna give you the comfort of a lie and just take the money"

[@reimond30]

Of course our beautiful country is the happiest in the world... all the unhappy people unalive themselves.

[@o-mangaming5042]

Is that legal there? I know legality wouldn't stop it from happening, just curious.

[@en-men-lu-ana6870]

18:30 Paws, we Finns are literally genetically inclined to be angry drunks. This is not a joke, by the way.

[@Kamikazekims]

hey this isn't Lumi

[@McDuggets]

About the happines scale. They ask this question ”imagine a latter with 10 steps. Top of the ladder means you are in the position you want to be and tell me what step on the ladder are you on when bottom ladder means you are far away from the position you would like to be” Same question is asked multiple times but the subject changes: -Relationship with friends -Relarionship with family -Welfare/safety net/ do you trust that government will take care of you if something happens. -Job and are you where you want to be on that job. I have answered this question 2 times but i dont remember all the question perfectly. And because we are happy with little/content we usually put ourselves pretty high up ok the ladder. I can try to find all the questions

[@Mairou44]

as a finn i say come to Finland

[@ukkopelaa32]

0:23 yeah as a rinnish I hate living here when it is winter but summers are good

[@Bubbleskittymaster]

I am from the twin cities, and a lot of it has trees and parks and lots of lakes around it and the Mississippi River flowing through it

[@roxoiva]

Finnish depression comes from socializing and living in a dark country (during the winter u might see 10h of sun), but because of all of the services that "free" usually we manage to live with that depression and it goes away after your midlife crises as it starts after high school age.

[@seneca983]

In the 2024 World Happiness Report, Romania was the 32nd happiest country. It's not that bad considering there are almost 200 countries in the world.

[@CL88able]

We prefer to be punctual, but, the thing about being late is: If it happens like, once in a month or less, we usually just shrug and let the individual off the hook. Be too consistent with the coming late. Then we start roasting or giving stinging words.

[@joshuawillingham6363]

I do think the "it is what it is" attitude is a big part of it. External factors can play a part, but in my experience someone's happiness largely depends on their expectations and their perspective on things. If you want a good pop culture example, Puss and Boots: The Last Wish is absolutely chocked full of symbolism regarding that.

[@ThePelitin]

11:57 The Primary school education here used to be practically the best in the world at the turn of the century. Unfortunately due to recent policies it's been on a downward trend for the last 15 years.

[@Kono-Dio-Da_]

You could say even the mosquitoes are happy in Finland...

[@IAmZurks]

we usually joke with my friends that we are the happiest bc if ur not happy u can always... krhm* you know :D

[@razorka1293]

You can dress against the cold, most of the time. But against the heat you cant do much after you are naked and lying down in the shade or ACs cool wind blast and try to do nothing until the sun sets.

[@Track_Tension]

Its called the "sunshine effect." Mood is greatly affected by it. Being that far north, the winter has few hours of sunlight, vs the other extreme of summer. Good or bad, mental health medications have "helped" in countries with issues of sunlight.

[@Mairou44]

Finno-Ugrians made north europe and asia dont doubt u

[@butterflies655]

Finns are not really Finno-Ugrians. In the early days ppl spoke an indoeuropian language in Finland.

[@ainohautamaki2648]

Old info on the video on energy (it does say 2021). Finland had plans in place for all this "renewable/clean energy" as part of the EU wide cleaner energy thing that's supposed to happen soon(tm), and with Ukraine war and Russian energy imports stopping, those plans were simply accelerated. As the result Finland is now fully energy self sufficient, and wood and peat burning has gone down substantially as an energy source. Electricity prices aren't terrible, and depending on your contract you may have days, or nights more likely, when its "free" to use. (You do still pay for energy transfer, to a different company most likely, and obviously those contracts may momentarily result in very high kilowatt-hour prices too.) Obviously we DO still trade energy with Norway and Sweden, because it simply makes sense: When Finland has lots of wind and rains that last for weeks, more water than fits in the reserves, we run our 200 hydroelectric power plants at higher production and sell cheap energy to Sweden and Norway, and of course they do the same. That's what affects the hourly prices too (Price regulation is also the result of, and mandatory for network balancing but that's a whole different technical topic). 👍

[@McDuggets]

PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THING IT EXPLAINS A LOT!! I will explain as a finn, if summer was the only season in Finland there would be no doubt in my mind that it is the country everybody would want to live in, but october to april it is just wery miserable when daylight lasts only for 3-5 hours. It is november rn and the sun has already gone down and the time is 16.13 or 4pm. We have a saying that everybody in Finland will agree: There are two Finnis countries other is april/May to september= best time to be alive. And the other is october to March/april😂 = miserable time/ literally looks like soviet union everything is gray and depressing😂 When october begins it feels like you have been teleported to alternate universe. Summers in Finland are the best i n the world ((except in vietnam)(love that place❤)) And i have spent many summers in different countries so i at least think i know what im talking about

[@Morhgoz]

Forget about sauna. Sauna is important to to happiness!

[@Echo4Sierra4160]

Finland has the highest rate of anti depressant use in the world.... that probably helps

[@garden6008]

I mean, duh, access to mental health care is a sign of prosperity.

[@kognak6640]

I couldn't find a single statistic supporting this claim. I'd say it's made up. Some people say same for suicide rates, equally incorrect.

[@vx8431]

Finlands happiness is a paradox. Very happy in these surveys yet high suicide rate.

[@aazvank7000]

Are you sure?

[@Xazamas]

@@aazvank7000 Over-medication can be a legitimate concern... but a blanket "all psychotropic drugs are bad and should NEVER be used" is literally a tenet from Scientology.

[@FrstSpctr88]

Sadly free healthcare doesn't include pets. Pets require insurance to take to vet if they get sick. And vet bills can be large even after insurance coverage. And the politics are about cutting costs, while politicians keep their wages...

[@Paltse]

Eh, if you look up what seemingly made Finland to be World's Happiest Country it is UN World Happiness Report and if you look up the questions in the questionaire that leads to it, it is more of a contentedness report than happiness report and that is why the most mediocre country of all is a winner because everyone else is even a tiny bit off to either end of the spectrum and that is bad for contentedness.

[@hadotakeki3653]

Love that you're still using the halloween outfit!

[@thickpanzer324]

I was thinking to move to finland in 2025-6 for work nice video 👍

[@杠精-e3h]

Trust the government? This is America, we don't usually do that here.

[@memoredspectrum]

I guess when Finland has people in Andromeda we can be in a good place as humankind 🤣

[@Avelynnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

For the 2 people here who aren't Finns the sign at 5:42 means something like fat fish lakes

[@ihiminen3393]

I have a hard time understanding a government that you can't trust, we here in Finland can trust that the government is uncorrupted (mostly) and cares

[@BrazenToBeOracle]

IS THE FIRST PHOTO WITH THE BEER BEAR MY HOME TOWN?!? HYVINKÄÄ?!?

[@josiahricafrente585]

Gonna be honest, never thought I’d ever find you reacting to a Hoser video. You should check out some of his other stuff, it’s pretty interesting

[@Mopojonne666]

PERKELE! edit: im from finland and there is two old paper factories in my town and btw i own two old nokias 3610a and 2330c2

[@Just_A_Duck_and_NOT_A_GOOSE]

Finland did infact be very, VERY poor when Finland became independent.

[@Sauriermann]

Everyone else: Happiness means a constant state of euphoria. Finns: Happiness means general contentment in life.

[@Nitrougen]

As a professional finn, i can say that alcohol does make us very happy aswell. But a large part of it is because we know the cops wont make us search alone in the dark for our homes for being drunk in public and will give us a warm room overnight at the station or help call someone to pick us up instead, we don't call them "Sword Taxis" for no reason.

[@butterflies655]

The alcohol consumption is decreasing every year in Finland.

[@Mopojonne666]

reason why im hapy ENERGY DRINKS

[@Tatuzka]

We are happy cause all the sad people already.. Offed themselves :'DDD

[@Vilhomatto]

The negatives is kinda because we have that "Free healthcare" people are more likely to seek help. The issue is also massive welfare abuses (kinda) where people basicly give care of their life to the country instead of even trying to get job, mostly because they either have criminal backgroud or poor education background meaning that job opportunites would only increase their income compared to social welfare for couple hundreds. So when theres plenty of welfare money to spent and nothing to do in life people end up getting drunk/high with their welfare money. And working class is quite burnt out as they pay high taxes and pensions over that and cannot achieve their dream of own houses and such. Out of that 5.5m people 500 000 who are on working age are unemployed after all so the burden is on small group of people and their income.

[@echoslam3695]

i am drunk rn last week i worked for 90Hours so now i trust that my work for the month is done! Also finland taxes = save you from going broke on emergency!

[@epicwarding]

im From Finland . i drank 7 shots of vodka yesterday, i sure was very happy yesterday

[@sainthatefull9536]

All the unhappy people. Decide to stop "breathing" 😅

[@Kaamio-yl6sj]

Education is mandatory in Finland, and you can't pass second grade (iirc) without being able to read. Nato is a new thing, used to be a mix of conscription, national pride and spite that kept us relatively unafraid of russia.

[@V1sby]

Yeah the happiness thing is bs. More like highest quality of life.

[@Kaamio-yl6sj]

Trust does go far, life might become shit for a few years if all things fail, but you're sad in an aparment, not starving and have hospitals and internet.

[@kishetes]

Finland has some of the strictest alcohol laws in europe...its to leave some alcohol for the rest of EU

[@rinokumera5907]

Ah explains Finlands alchohol problem

[@LimbaZero]

There have been few cruel jokes why Finland is happiest country but I think I can't say those in YT. Look also other statistic and notice that all sad people do here and left the happy ones for this "Happiest country" status.

[@VMKII]

9:20 no Finland has not been doing well in the past, we were literally slaves.

[@wahcriminal]

Here to turn in my government mandated "torille!"

[@Sassina-ws8xf]

Finnish soft power is crazy!

[@thorin1045]

"and everything looks bleak, that is the uk" harsh, especially considering the location of the source. even if true.

[@_KroW_]

TORILLE!!

[@46inchwoody]

If you want to know UK weather, just listen to Flanders and Swann - A song of the weather.

[@Vetskarieurotruckplayer]

Finlandia is the best country cuz the Cops are chill When i was pulled over and i have hunting rifle on the passenger Seat he didn t care and yeah

[@TeroKoskinen-xy2zz]

Finnish bear scareing: Perkele! Siihen et koske saatana vie!

[@neworldfool9625]

Paws I almost feel like you should just become a bat girl, because every time I watch you in the first 10 seconds of a video it looks like you’re trying to take flight.

[@pawsvtuber]

@@neworldfool9625 funny you say that, my character has wings

[@ralfsfilips4154]

As a eastern European living in Dublin I wanna disagree. Dubliners are the least punctional but country side mfs. Different story

[@paavometsaluoma2653]

We have illetirat... Everybody knows who they arrrr.

[@polasamierwahsh421]

"drinking your worries away"..yes thats the russian legacy everyone who once was under russia has that problem

[@CJohansson]

A small comment as a sacrifice for the algorithm gods.

[@Gibbetoo]

mosquitos, Satans own airforce.

[@jansufinland3768]

Yeah we are so "happy" here, food costs more these days and avarage tax rate went up and they are cutting down 100 euros from elders pension and payment from work is still same and they are shutting down hospitals because healthcare is a mess at the moment.

[@blademaster2390]

2:25 So…UK weather is my favorite weather then?

[@paavometsaluoma2653]

Like the cat.. Like the person.. Does not function on 2 on 2 though.

[@LRSNRCNG309]

Scandi's where ya at 🇸🇪🤟🏻

[@zZSleepytimeZz]

Finland isnt part of scandinavia my man, fennoscandia yes but noone knows what that is outside of people who live here.

[@butterflies655]

​@@zZSleepytimeZzFinland is a Nordic country. All the Scandinavian countries are also Nordic countries. Partly Finland is located on the Scandinavian peninsula. No difference.

[@elamshin6607]

Easy to be happiest when the unhappy yeet themselves.

[@nicofodder7439]

"Those claims that every person can read". Without English subtitles I would not understand half what you say. And we are on top suicide statistics. Does not compute.

[@spoonzor1]

Its not happiness tho, its content. I hate that they use "happiness".

[@skaarraven]

love your vibes

[@no_one01-5]

Finland isn't real.

[@barbar1an_]

We are not rich. And econically stable might not last forever, I know I shouldnt slander my own country but its not looking good.

[@RoxiFoxi11]

5:43 the bottom text is not finnish its sweden

[@IchiCoD69]

im from finland :D

[@rechtech5474]

4:40 no its not underpopulation finland has never had much people

[@ExelArts]

what country she from?

[@maskon2791]

Suomi mainittu TORILLE 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@BEDOOFSpace]

I from Finland

[@paavometsaluoma2653]

ahahhahhaaha.. Sure.