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The report’s findings are striking: Northern Europe (i.e. the Nordic countries) is by far the happiest place to live. Denmark maintained second position in the ranking, and Islandia third. They are still in the top five Swiss And The Netherlands.
If we take a broader perspective, it turns out that people live better in Europe, then in the Americas, Australia and Southeast Asia. People from the Middle East and South Asia are significantly less happy. And Africa (detailed index values can be found on the attached map).
Within 10 years of publication of the ranking the level of happiness felt increased they fell the most in Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania, and they fell the most in Lebanon, Venezuela and Afghanistan. The authors identified a long-term trend of increasing average levels of stress, worry and sadness and a slight decline in enjoyment of life in most countries.
Variables such as PKP per capita, life expectancy, quality of state social policy, freedom to make choices and socially observed level of corruption are used to construct the ranking.
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