Which is the happiest country? Perhaps we should not be
surprised that it is the one which consumes the highest amount of chocolate.
The World Happiness Report
results for this year have been released – and the top spot in the ranking has
been scored by Switzerland. The
basis for the report are data collated from 158 countries which considers six
factors: healthy life expectancy, freedom, social support, generosity, absence
of corruption, and GDP per capita. The United Nations Sustainable Development
Solutions Network released the report.
The ten countries which are the happiest were discovered to
be mainly in Europe:
1.
Switzerland
2.
Iceland
3.
Denmark
4.
Norway
5.
Canada
6.
Finland
7.
The Netherlands
8.
Sweden
9.
New Zealand
10. Australia
And for a look that is more global of the countries which
are the happiest, study this map which is contained in the report:
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| Photo: usanews.com |
The higher the country ranked in the happiness report
depending on the greener and the darker the colour. (Source: World Happiness
Report)
The happiness factor was judged on a scale of 0 to 10
just as it has been in previous reports, where the mean global number was a
total of 5.1. for instance, Switzerland had a number of 7.587, whereas the
United States which in the ranking came in at No.15 has a 7.119. In 2012, the
ranking of the US was 11th.
Of all the included countries in the ranking, the last
was Togo. The countries that were the bottom ten in the ranking were:
1. Togo (last in the ranking)
2. Burundi
3. Syria
4. Benin
5. Rwanda
6. Afghanistan
7. Burkina Faso
8. Ivory Coast
9. Guinea
10.
Chad
The writers of the report
gave a note that some of the common sources of contentment which was true among
the countries that are the happiest were the ability to trust your neighbours,
as well as those in position at government. Another marker was being surrounded
by persons who were empathic to other people (which can be revealed by random
and different acts of kindness like returning a wallet that was lost or
becoming a volunteer in a local charity.
A
co-editor for the report and a professor from the Canadian Institute for
Advanced Research and the University of British Colombia John F. Helliwell
revealed in a statement that
as advancement is made in the science of happiness they were approaching the
heart of those factors which are a definition of life for citizens. They were
encouraged that around the world more and more governments are listening and
using policies to respond which put first welfare and well-being. Countries
with institutional and social capital that were strong were not only supporting
greater well-being and welfare but to economic and social crises were much more
resilient.
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