World Happiness Report 2022, the 10th edition of the report, was released on March 18, 2022. The report was published by United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
- Finland has been named the world’s happiest country on the index of 146 countries.
- The top three positions in the World Happiness Report were won by three of the Scandinavian nations.
- Following Finland in the top 10 ranks is Denmark which also was ranked as the second-happiest country in last year’s report. Iceland, Switzerland and Netherlands followed Finland and Denmark in the top 10 category.
- The report has ranked Afghanistan as the unhappiest, closely followed by Lebanon.
- While India ranked 139th in last year’s report, this year(2022) it jumped three spots to 136.
About World Happiness Report
- World Happiness Report is based on two key ideas – happiness or life evaluation measured through opinion surveys and identifying key elements that determine well-being and life evaluation across countries.
- As well as a personal sense of wellbeing, based on Gallup polls in each country, the happiness score takes account of GDP, social support, personal freedom and levels of corruption.
- It assigns a happiness score on a scale of zero to 10, based on an average of data over a three-year period.
World Happiness Report Rankings 2022
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Switzerland
5. The Netherlands
6. Luxembourg
7. Sweden
8. Norway
9. Israel
10. New Zealand
GS TIMES UPSC PRELIMS & MAINS CURRENT AFFAIRS BASED BASICS DAILY ONLINE TEST CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FOR STATE CIVIL SERVICES
