16 November 2006

Psychologist Produces The First-ever 'World Map Of Happiness'

The 20 happiest nations in the World are:
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 Barbuda
17. Malaysia
18. New Zealand
19. Norway
20. The Seychelles
Other notable results include:
23. USA
35. Germany
41. UK
62. France
82. China
90. Japan
125. India
167. Russia
The three least happy countries were:
176. Democratic Republic of the Congo
177. Zimbabwe
178. Burundi

Worth reading the article to put results into context.

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1 comment:

Andii said...

well, it all depends on how you measure and what you measure ... but my suspicion is that it is to do with things like social cohesion and low crime rates in those countries....

19/11/06 14:16

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