Map of World happiness

A University of Leicester psychologist has produced the first ever 'world map of happiness.'

"Further analysis showed that a nation's level of happiness was most closely associated with health levels (correlation of .62), followed by wealth (.52), and then provision of education (.51).

Who's happy and who's not? The darker reds are happier and the yellows are unhappy. I noticed the greys have no definition. Then I noticed the greys are Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, among others. All countries (except Greenland?) with nasty wars. I guess they are off the unhappiness scale.



The 20 happiest nations in the World are:

1. Denmark
2. Switzerland
3. Austria
4. Iceland
5. The Bahamas
6. Finland
7. Sweden
8. Bhutan
9. Brunei
10. Canada
11. Ireland
12. Luxembourg
13. Costa Rica
14. Malta
15. The Netherlands
16. Antigua and Barbuda
17. Malaysia
18. New Zealand
19. Norway
20. The Seychelles

The U.S. comes in at number 23.

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