Haarkarjeetgaye Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 http://www.rediff.com/news/report/pix-iraq-pakistan-bangladesh-are-happier-countries-than-india/20170321.htm It’s not such happy news for India! The nation ranks a lowly 122 on a list of the world’s happiest countries, dropping four slots from last year and coming behind China, Pakistan and Nepal. Norway ranks as the happiest country in the world, according to The World Happiness Report 2017 (external link), which ranks 155 countries by their happiness levels. Norway jumped three spots from last year, displacing Denmark, which had held the top spot for three out of the past four years. India comes in on the 122nd spot, down from 118 in the 2013-2015 report, which maps happiness on the parameters of GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity and perceptions of corruption. Nations such as China at 79, Pakistan at 80, Nepal at 99, Bangladesh at 110, Iraq at 117 and Sri Lanka ranked at 120 fared better than India on the ranking. IMAGE: This year, the report ranked Norway as the happiest country in the world. This shows that despite the recent decline in oil prices, happiness depends on much more than income. Photograph: Petr Josek/Reuters The World Happiness Report continues to draw global attention around the need to create sound policy for what matters most to people -- their well-being,” said Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network that produced the report. “As demonstrated by many countries, this report gives evidence that happiness is a result of creating strong social foundations. It’s time to build social trust and healthy lives, not guns or walls. Let’s hold our leaders to this fact,” he said. Rounding out the rest of the top ten in order were Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Sweden. The US ranked 14th, dropping down one spot from last year, the report said. IMAGE: The report, in its fifth year, continues to draw global attention around the need to create sound policy for what matters most to people -- their well-being. Photograph: Antonio Bronic/Reuters Despite recent declines in oil prices, oil-rich Norway still moved into the top spot, illustrating once more that high happiness depends on much more than income, it said. This year the report gives special attention to the social foundations of happiness, including happiness at workplace. “People tend to spend the majority of their lives working, so it is important to understand the role that employment and unemployment play in shaping happiness,” said Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve of the University of Oxford. He said research reveals that happiness differs considerably across employment status, job type, and industry sectors. “People in well paid roles are happier, but money is only one predictive measure of happiness. Work-life balance, job variety and the level of autonomy are other significant drivers,” De Neve said. The report also highlights personal factors affecting happiness, saying “in rich countries the biggest single cause of misery is mental illness.” The World Happiness Report 2017 looks at trends in the data recording how highly people evaluate their lives on a scale running from 0 to 10. The rankings, which are based on surveys in 155 countries covering the three years 2014-2016, reveal an average score of 5.3 (out of 10). Top 10 happiest countries in the world 1) Norway 2) Denmark 3) Iceland 4) Switzerland 5) Finland 6) Netherlands 7) Canada 8) New Zealand 9) Australia 10) Sweden 10 least happiest countries 1) Central African Republic 2) Burundi 3) Tanzania 4) Syria 5) Rwanda 6) Togo 7) Guinea 8) Liberia 9) South Sudan 10) Yemen Yoshita Singh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 This is a subjective matter and anyways so many of these surveys going around i have seen other surveys where countries like Vanuatu or Costa Rica have come up tops along with many other developing countries G_B_ and beetle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I thing India has a long way to go. The ranking show that perhaps a few countries like Pak (which are behind India in most parameters) have set a lower benchmark for themselves. But when people of any country say they are happy (even due to lower benchmarks), I feel happy for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) I thought Bhutan was the happiest.What made them less happy?awwww........ Hamara kya hai....pichla match jeet jaate to list mein aage aa jaate..... Edited March 21, 2017 by beetle veer, Mariyam, coffee_rules and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veer Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 2 hours ago, beetle said: I thought Bhutan was the happiest.What made them less happy?awwww........ Hamara kya hai....pichla match jeet jaate to list mein aage aa jaate..... lol.. Survey unlogo ne haari hui match k baad kiya hoga.. beetle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sajid_Rana Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 The report is right. Muslims and women are much happy and safer in Pakistam than In India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muloghonto Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, Sajid_Rana said: The report is right. Muslims and women are much happy and safer in Pakistam than In India. Thats why most Pakistani-Canadian women tell you insecure Pakistani-Canadian men to go shove it and expose you for little weak men that you are. Adi_91 and Rasgulla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Sajid_Rana said: The report is right. Muslims and women are much happy and safer in Pakistam than In India. Muslims and Women? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi_91 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 8 hours ago, laaloo said: Muslims and Women? Maybe they differentiate between the two in their country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surajmal Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Biased sample. Probably largely sickular, so its understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosingh Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 On 3/21/2017 at 7:38 PM, Sajid_Rana said: The report is right. Muslims and women are much happy and safer in Pakistam than In India. For a woman to be killed by own father/brother because she had a boyfriend is nothing to boast about your country's safety for women. Muloghonto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Good. We should always aim high. We shouldn't get content with 35/100 . Rather aim for 90/100 and get sad after falling short by 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedheat Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Well judges must have seen India's sas bahu daily soap drama to rank india so low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Horse Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I think it's largely because of the career oriented outlook of most of us. In general we tend to work more, even at the cost of personal life. Not to mention the government policies and the macro factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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