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23/03/23 08:45 AM IST

World Happiness Report 2022

In News
  • For the sixth year running, Finland was named the world’s happiest country in an annual U.N.-sponsored index that saw acts of kindness grow in Ukraine despite the Russian invasion.
Major highlights
  • The top three positions in the World Happiness Report were won by three of the Scandinavian nations.
  • Finland was named the happiest nation in the world five times in a row, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and Netherlands.
  • Afghanistan was ranked as the unhappiest nation, followed by Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Botswana, respectively.
India’s Performance
  • India ranked 136 in 2022 report and jumped three spots from 139th in the 2021
  • The country’s chronic unhappiness is a result of many factors-  rapid urbanization and congestion in cities, declining incomes and unemployment, unfavourable perceptions about corruption in the country, rising costs of healthcare, women’s safety, and environmental pollution, which itself is linked to poor mental wellbeing.
About World Happiness Report
  • The World Happiness Report is an annual report published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
  • It ranks countries based on how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be and provides analysis of the factors that contribute to happiness, such as income, social support, and life expectancy.
  • The report is based predominantly on data from the main life evaluation question in the Gallup World Poll.
  • The first report was published in 2012 and it has been released annually since then.
Source- Hindustan Times

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