The World Happiness Report is an annual survey by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations.
In their latest World Happiness Report, recently released, Finland is ranked at the top of the list for the second year in a row. The world’s happiest country has more forest per square mile than any nation in Europe, and the 11th most in the world. An estimated 73 per cent of it is covered in oak, fir and birch (though that’s nothing compared to Suriname, top of the list, which is 95 per cent forest).
Pakistan is placed at 66 while India has been placed abysmally low at 144 out of 156 countries.
One of the authors of the report John Helliwell in a statement said, “The happiest countries are those ‘where people feel a sense of belonging’, where they trust and enjoy each other and their shared institutions. There is also more resilience, because shared trust reduces the burden of hardships, and thereby lessens the inequality of well-being.”
The report was compiled based on six variables: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity.
