Pakistan a Happier Countray than India, Says UN World Happiness Report
The report of the UN Sponserd World Happiness index for 2024 was released on Wednesday (World Happiness Day). Finland remained the world’s happiest country for consecutive seven years followed by other Nordic countries Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden shining in the top 10.
Pakistan ranked (108) in the index coming ahead of its rival India and other South Asian Nations. India ranked (126), Bangladesh (129) and Sri Lanka (128). However, Pakistan dropped its rank compared to the previous report in 2023 in which Pakistan was (103) and now in 2024 (108).
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for the first time since the report was published the United States and Germany are not among the top 20 countries. The United States and Germany are ranked at 23 and 24 place respectively. Costa Rica and Qatar entered the top 20 at 12 and 13 positions respectively.
List of Top 20 World Happiest Countries. According to the UN Report
Here is the list of the top 20 world’s happiest Nations.
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Sweden
5. Israel
6. Netherlands
7. Norway
8. Luxembourg
9. Switzerland
10. Australia
11. New Zealand
12. Costa Rica
13. Kuwait
14. Austria
15. Canada
16. Belgium
17. Ireland
18. Czechia
19. Lithuania
20. United Kingdom
What determines the happiness of a Nation?
The happiness report is based on the following factors determining a nation’s happiness.
- Life satisfaction
- GDP per capita
- Healthy life expectancy
- Generosity
- Freedom
- Social Support
- Corruption and Generosity
Afghanistan is the world’s least happiest country ranked 143 out total of 143 countries. After the Taliban Regime, the Afghani people are the world’s unhappiest people. Besides Afghanistan, the decline of happiness is seen in other countries like Jordan, Lebanon, Serbia and other European nations including Bulgaria and Latvia.
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In the top 20 countries, Canada and the UK are the only countries which have populations over 30 million and the Netherlands and Australia have populations over 15 million.
What determines the Happanies of an Individual?
According to a happiness researcher ‘Jennifer De Paola’ at the University of Helsinki Finland, happiness is related to work-life balance, a close connection with nature and the fact to understand what a successful life is. e.g. the people of the United States often equated success with financial gains, De Paola said.
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According to De Paola Finnish are happier because of low levels of corruption and free healthcare and education, Trust in state authorities, Strong welfare Society, High level of autonomy and freedom.
The report of this year shows that older people are unhappy compared to younger in most regions of the world. In Pakistan, the younger population is happier than above 60 years of age people.
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