Introduction: Happiness is one of the main pillars of the individual’s existence. It entails several aspects and forms based on an individual’s outlook; it can be linked to spiritual, physical, mental and psychological domains of the human beings among all age groups. People vary in terms of their perspective of their happiness.  It is a source of good outcomes, which contributes to vital social bonds, , broadens people's scope of attention, facilitates the pursuit of important goals and increases psychological comfort

Aim: To evaluate the perception of happiness among health care providers in a selected hospital in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. .

Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional research was carried out among health care providers population using convenience-sampling techniques. Data was collected using Oxford happiness questionnaire online due to the pandemic.

Results: A total of 130 health care providers  with Mean ± SD of the participants’ age of 36.56 ± 7.9 years with years of experience 12.40 ± 7.39. There was no correlation between happiness score and psychological wellbeing sub scale of health care providers, there was significant relationship between happiness and some socio demographic variables, however there was association between doctors and nurses’ happiness level.

Conclusion: There was substantial link between happiness and marital status, age, gender, designation and work experience, it also revealed that happiness of health care providers was majorly “ rather happy” that’s  important to ensure  better delivery of quality of care. Important factors of human happiness are good and cordial relations with others, including family and colleagues. The research has given a beneficial thrust in order to do more research on happiness among health care providers in another setting.  The study laid credence to UAE initiative of creating happiness ministry for workers in the country, first of its kind globally.

Keywords: Healthcare providers, perceptions, happiness, oxford questionnaire