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Finland has been voted the happiest country in the world for the fifth year in a row in the United Nations’ Annual Happiness Index. Whereas Afghanistan, which is battling the Taliban rule, is the most unhappy country.
Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and the Netherlands are among the happiest countries in the top 5. While America is 16th and Britain is 17th. India is number 136 in this list. Last time India’s number was 139th, that is, India’s ranking has improved by three places. On the other hand, neighboring Pakistan is in a better position than India with 121st rank.
In this list released on Friday, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania have the highest increase in living a better life. The biggest fall in the World Happiness Table came in the ranks of Lebanon, Venezuela and Afghanistan.
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Lebanon’s number 144, which is facing an economic slowdown. While Zimbabwe remained at number 143. War-torn Afghanistan, already at the bottom of the list since the Taliban came to power again in August last year. UNICEF estimates that one million children under the age of five could die of hunger this winter if help is not provided.
The report was made before the Russia-Ukraine war
The World Happiness Report is being prepared for the last ten years. To prepare it, along with the assessment of people’s happiness, economic and social data are also seen. It is given a scale of zero to 10 on happiness based on three years’ average data. However, this latest report of the United Nations was prepared before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. That’s why the number 80 of Russia battling the war and the number 98 of Ukraine.
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Jeffrey Sachs, co-author of the report, wrote – After years of creating the World Happiness Report, it has been learned that social support, generosity, honesty of government are very important for prosperity. World leaders should keep this in mind. The report makers used the time before and after the corona epidemic. At the same time, social media data was also taken to compare people’s sentiments. Strong increases in anxiety and sadness were found in 18 countries. But, there was a decline in feelings of anger.