India ranks very low in World Happiness Report

India ranks very low in World Happiness Report

• The land of spirituality and philosophy is rated low by its own people.
• India may be one of the fastest growing economies of the world, but it is among the least happiest countries.
• Ahead of the UN International Day of Happiness, observed on March 20, the World Happiness Report 2022 ranked India 136 th — tenth from the bottom of the list — while Finland topped the charts for the fifth year in a row.
• Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Israel and New Zealand figure among the top ten in the list of 146 nations
• 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.

Published date : 21 Mar 2022 05:00PM