The world happiness map
The 20 happiest nations in the world:
1. Denmark
2. Switzerland
3. Austria
4. Iceland
5. The Bahamas
6. Finland
7. Sweden
8. Bhutan
9. Brunei
10. Canada
11. Ireland
12. Luxembourg
13. Costa Rica
14. Malta
15. The Netherlands
16. Antigua and Barbados
17. Malaysia
18. New Zealand
19. Norway
20. The Seychelles
Other significant results:
23. USA
35. Germany
41. UK
62. France
82. China
90. Japan
125. India
167. Russia
The three unhappiest:
176. The Democratic Republic of Congo
177. Zimbabwe
178. Burundi
Different again is “the happiness map” from the University of Leicester (UK), put together by Adrian White who unites statistics from UNESCO, the CIA, the New Economics Foundation, the World Health Organisation and others. Starting from the assumption that, essentially, happiness is linked to health, wealth and education, the results of the research by the Leicester academics differ widely from the Happy Planet. The island of Vanuatu slips down to 24th place while the top position is held by Denmark. Surprisingly, the United States, France, Great Britain and Germany come low down in the rankings.
(16/06/2006)
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