I agree, I thought I had it from that linked report, but there seems to be the three year average. With those numbers, Denmark moves to nr one, one point ahead of Norway which is then tied with Iceland, and Sweden moves up one point ahead of Finland.

As this is such a simple way to do it though, these minor points between the top countries does not mean anything. All these countries are safe choices.

Here are some reports on various metrics:

Sources:

1. World Happiness Report 2023
2. Human Development Index (HDI) 2023
3. Democracy Index 2023
4. Global Peace Index 2023
5. World Press Freedom Index 2023

Top 10 Countries per Report:

World Happiness Report 2023:

1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Switzerland
4. Iceland
5. Netherlands
6. Norway
7. Sweden
8. Luxembourg
9. New Zealand
10. Austria

Human Development Index (HDI) 2023:

1. Norway
2. Switzerland
3. Ireland
4. Germany
5. Hong Kong, China (SAR)
6. Australia
7. Iceland
8. Sweden
9. Singapore
10. Netherlands

Democracy Index 2023:

1. Norway
2. New Zealand
3. Finland
4. Sweden
5. Iceland
6. Denmark
7. Ireland
8. Taiwan
9. Australia
10. Canada

Global Peace Index 2023:

1. Iceland
2. New Zealand
3. Ireland
4. Denmark
5. Austria
6. Portugal
7. Slovenia
8. Czech Republic
9. Singapore
10. Japan

World Press Freedom Index 2023:

1. Norway
2. Ireland
3. Denmark
4. Sweden
5. Finland
6. Netherlands
7. Jamaica
8. New Zealand
9. Costa Rica
10. Switzerland

Aggregate Top 10 Based on Rank:

1. Norway

   • Happiness: 6
   • HDI: 1
   • Democracy: 1
   • Peace: 17
   • Press Freedom: 1
   • Total Score: 26

2. Denmark

   • Happiness: 2
   • HDI: 11
   • Democracy: 6
   • Peace: 4
   • Press Freedom: 3
   • Total Score: 26

3. Iceland

   • Happiness: 4
   • HDI: 7
   • Democracy: 5
   • Peace: 1
   • Press Freedom: 11
   • Total Score: 28

4. Ireland

   • Happiness: 15
   • HDI: 3
   • Democracy: 7
   • Peace: 3
   • Press Freedom: 2
   • Total Score: 30

5. New Zealand

   • Happiness: 9
   • HDI: 14
   • Democracy: 2
   • Peace: 2
   • Press Freedom: 8
   • Total Score: 35

6. Finland

   • Happiness: 1
   • HDI: 13
   • Democracy: 3
   • Peace: 14
   • Press Freedom: 5
   • Total Score: 36

7. Sweden

   • Happiness: 7
   • HDI: 8
   • Democracy: 4
   • Peace: 13
   • Press Freedom: 4
   • Total Score: 36

8. Switzerland

   • Happiness: 3
   • HDI: 2
   • Democracy: 11
   • Peace: 11
   • Press Freedom: 10
   • Total Score: 37

9. Netherlands

   • Happiness: 5
   • HDI: 10
   • Democracy: 12
   • Peace: 16
   • Press Freedom: 6
   • Total Score: 49

10. Australia

• Happiness: 12
• HDI: 6
• Democracy: 9
• Peace: 19
• Press Freedom: 26
• Total Score: 72

This is just a simple aggregation based on rank, such that the lowest score wins.

Edit: There is no difference in score between Norway and Denmark, I tried to number both as 1 but can’t figure out the correct markdown. Finland and Sweden also shares the same aggregate score. And Australia refuses to get in line.