World happiness index says that people of south asian countries like India, Bangladesh, pakistan etc... are the least happiest. What might be the possible reason?
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Denmark took the top spot as the ‘happiest country’ in the world, displacing Switzerland, according to The World Happiness Report 2016, published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative of the United Nations.
With no improvement in its happiness quotient, India stands at 118th number out of 156 countries in a global list of the happiest nations, which is a matter of grave concern. Switzerland was ranked second on the list, followed by Iceland (3), Norway (4) and Finland (5).
The report said that India was among the group of 10 countries witnessing the biggest happiness declines, along with Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen and Botswana. It comes below Somalia (76), China (83), Pakistan (92), Iran (105), Palestinian Territories (108) and Bangladesh (110). The U.S. is ranked 13th, coming behind Australia (9) and Israel (11).
The report, released ahead of the UN World Happiness Day on March 20, for the first time gives a special role to the measurement and consequences of inequality in the distribution of well being among countries. The report also takes into account the GDP per capita, life expectancy, social support and freedom to make life choices as indicators of happiness. Previous reports have argued that happiness provides a better indicator of human welfare than do income, poverty, education, health and good governance measured separately but now they also point out that the inequality of well-being provides a broader measure of inequality.
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