Happiest country in the world

by Satanus 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  Satanus

  Which country would you say is the happiest? Make a guess, and then go lower on this post to see which one has been determined.

  Denmark! Those vikings. I wonder id beer has something to do w it.

  Adrian White, an analytic social psychologist at the University's School of Psychology, analysed data published by UNESCO, the CIA, the New Economics Foundation, the WHO, the Veenhoven Database, the Latinbarometer, the Afrobarometer, and the UNHDR, to create a global projection of subjective well-being: the first world map of happiness.

  Here is a list of the top 20 happiest countries:

  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

  General happiness was related to good healthcare, a higher GDP per captia, and access to education.

  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061113093726.htm

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  purplesofa

  Im not surprised the US is not mentioned.

  Wonder how much that guy got paid to figure that out.

  purps
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  megsmomma

  I have heard many bragging about Germany...and the US....of course (for those that live here)........I guess I need to move!
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  bigmouth

  " the WHO, "- I wouldn't trust Pete Townshends opinion, he's a grumpy bugger ;)
  
  Combine this with the 'Least Corrupt Countries' being 1) Finland and 2) New Zealand, it looks like the top and bottom ends of the world are good places to live.
  
  However, NZ has one of, if not the highest, rate of youth suicide in the world.
  
  I used to work for a Danish company and they were pretty keen on their Heineken and Gammeldansk bless 'em.