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21/03/22 17:55 PM IST

World Happiness Report

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  • India continued to fare poorly in the world happiness index, with its position marginally improving to 136 as against last year’s 139.
  • Ahead of the UN International Day of Happiness, observed on March 20, the World Happiness Report 2022 ranked India 136th — tenth from the bottom of the list.
World Happiness report 

  • The World Happiness Report is a publication of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network powered by the Gallup World Poll data.
  • The report, which is in its tenth year, uses global survey data to report on how people evaluate their own lives, besides economic and social parameters.
  • The rankings are based on average data of a three-year period of 2019-2021.
Major findings of the report 

  • Finland topped the list for the fifth time in a row, according to the 10th edition of the World Happiness Report.
  • Finland was followed by Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
  • Among other western countries, while the United States managed to bag the 16th position, Britain was ranked 17th and France 20th.
  • India continued to fare poorly in the world happiness index, with its position marginally improving to 136 as against last year’s 139.
  • Afghanistan was named the most unhappy country in the world, ranking last on the index of 146 countries.
  • Nepal (84), Bangladesh (94), Pakistan (121) and Sri Lanka (127) managed to get better ranks in the list.
Source- Indian Express 

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