If you had to choose a country to live, which would that be? If you have difficult time answering, maybe this survey will help you decide. A 2018 research that polled 150,000 in a total of 142 countries took into account several factors on our emotional well-being and rated the world’s happiest and least happiest nations.
The survey asked people questions to determine their “positive” and “negative” experiences. Positive experiences vary from whether participants felt well-rested, if they enjoy themselves, if they feel respected and so on. Negative experiences include feelings of anger, sadness, stress, physical pain and worry. The results were then used to determine the world’s happiest countries by comparing the positive and negative experiences.
So here they are, the world’s happiest nations: (the article continues after the ad)
- Paraguay, 84
- Costa Rica, 83
- Panama, 82
- Philippines, 82
- Uzbekistan, 82
- Ecuador, 81
- Guatemala, 81
- Mexico, 81
- Norway, 81
- Chile, 80
- Colombia, 80
Paraguay is the happiest nation for the second year in a row and as you can see from the list, South America has many countries included in the top 10. United States was ranked 38, with an index indication of 75 along with 8 more countries: United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Brazil, Germany, Bolivia, South Africa, Austria and Mali.
The least happiest countries (highest negative experiences) are:
- Iraq, 58
- South Sudan, 55
- Iran, 52
- Liberia, 52
- Central African Republic, 48
- Togo, 48
- Chad, 47
- Sierra Leone, 47
- Uganda, 46
- Gabon, 43
A “heat” map of the experiences:
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Sources: Gallup 2018 Global Emotions Report
