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The most comprehensive workplace ranking prepared to date, covering 23 countries based on Workplace Happiness.
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The Happiest 964 workplaces selected among 18,325 companies, taking into account sectoral differences.
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Detailed analyses comparing the stock returns of “Happy Workplaces” Listed companies in the top 5 economies.
Happiest Workplaces Around the Globe 2025 is the most comprehensive rating ever published on workplace happiness. The 964 workplaces featured on the list were selected from 18,325 companies across 23 countries, taking sectoral differences into account, and classified accordingly.
The report also includes insights from 803 senior HR executives regarding 2025 HR trends, the challenges they face, and the core strategies they employ. These executives were grouped according to their respective workplaces, allowing a comparison between the Happiest Workplaces and others in terms of distinguishing features.
In the third section of the report, the stock performance of the companies listed as the Happiest Workplaces was analyzed across the US, UK, Germany, France, and Canadian stock markets from 2010 to 2025. These were compared to national benchmark indices to explore the relationship between employee happiness and financial performance.
Happiest Workplaces Around the Globe 2025
Chapter Summary
The report lists 964 Happiest Workplaces from 23 countries by country and sector, and provides a summary of the agendas of these companies and the strategies they use for employee happiness, presented section by section.
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Introduction: Key Findings
The Introduction to Happiest Places Around the Globe 2025 includes a summary of the key findings presented in the report. This summary provides a general perspective and a healthier interpretation of the report before delving into its details. This section also defines the concept of happiness used in the report under the title Understanding Employee Happiness.
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Happiest Workplaces Around the Globe
This section of the report includes lists of the happiest workplaces in 23 countries. Unlike other lists, the Happiest Workplaces lists are created to take sectoral differences into account. In this context, each company on the country lists should be seen as the happiest in its sector. Of the 18,325 companies included in the World's Happiest Workplaces analysis process, 964 were eligible to be included on the list. The details of the methodology and ranking criteria used are explained in detail in the report. The Country-Based Lists section includes the happiest workplaces in each sector in that country. The Industry Leaders section groups the same companies by sector. In this way, the happiest workplaces in the world in each sector are shown together.
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Boosting Stocks with a Smile
This section of the report includes lists of the happiest workplaces in 23 countries. Unlike other lists, the Happiest Workplaces lists are created to take sectoral differences into account. In this context, each company on the country lists should be seen as the happiest in its sector. Of the 18,325 companies included in the World's Happiest Workplaces analysis process, 964 were eligible to be included on the list. The details of the methodology and ranking criteria used are explained in detail in the report. The Country-Based Lists section includes the happiest workplaces in each sector in that country. The Industry Leaders section groups the same companies by sector. In this way, the happiest workplaces in the world in each sector are shown together.
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Blueprint of the Happiest Workplaces
This section includes the HR trends in 2025, the challenges they face in ensuring employee happiness, and the basic strategies they use for employee happiness, of the 803 senior HR managers in the Happy Workplaces® network (North America 23%, South America 18%, Asia 5%, Australia 2%, Europe 47%, Africa 5%). Senior HR managers were grouped as listed and unlisted according to the workplaces they work in, and their answers were compared on this basis. In this way, it was determined in which ways the Happiest Workplaces differ from other workplaces.
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About Us
This section provides information about the Happy Workplaces® consultancy model, certification process, and methodology. Companies aspiring to be among the World's Happiest Workplaces can find the necessary information here.
The Happiest Workplaces Around the Globe List showcases the happiest workplace in each sector within every participating country.
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