The World Happiness Report 2017 was released on Monday and unfortunately, India slipped four ranks from its previous rank. What hurts more is that the country which is said to be promoting terrorism in India, i.e., Pakistan, is also happier than India with the 80th rank.
India has secured the 122nd rank out of the total 155 countries in World Happiness Report 2017. The report was released amid the celebrations of the International Day of Happiness at United Nations.
Among the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations, only Afghanistan was behind India with the ranking of 141 while Nepal was at 99, Sri Lanka at 120, Bangladesh at 110 and Bhutan at 97; however, Maldives was not included in this list.
The nation which has attained the top spot in this report is Norway. Yes, the country has moved up four ranks from its previous rank. Last year’s top ranker Denmark came second this time while the other happy nations in top 5 are Iceland, Switzerland and Finland.
Basically the rankings depend on the GDP per person, life expectancy and health and other four factors from surveys conducted globally. People give scores in those surveys from 1 to 10 on the basis of social support, personal freedom, corruption and generosity.T he Top 10 happiest countries are:-
1. Norway
2.Denmark
3.Iceland
4.Switzerland
5.Finland
6.Netherlands
7.Canada
8.New Zealand
9.Australia
10.Sweden
India has secured the 122nd rank out of the total 155 countries in World Happiness Report 2017. The report was released amid the celebrations of the International Day of Happiness at United Nations.
Among the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations, only Afghanistan was behind India with the ranking of 141 while Nepal was at 99, Sri Lanka at 120, Bangladesh at 110 and Bhutan at 97; however, Maldives was not included in this list.
The nation which has attained the top spot in this report is Norway. Yes, the country has moved up four ranks from its previous rank. Last year’s top ranker Denmark came second this time while the other happy nations in top 5 are Iceland, Switzerland and Finland.
Basically the rankings depend on the GDP per person, life expectancy and health and other four factors from surveys conducted globally. People give scores in those surveys from 1 to 10 on the basis of social support, personal freedom, corruption and generosity.T he Top 10 happiest countries are:-
1. Norway
2.Denmark
3.Iceland
4.Switzerland
5.Finland
6.Netherlands
7.Canada
8.New Zealand
9.Australia
10.Sweden
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