World Happiness Report 2015: Nigeria Ranks 78th, Tops South Africa And Ghana
Nigeria currently ranks 78th on the World's
Happiness Report 2015 and also the second happiest country in Africa
with Algeria being the happiest country in Africa and ranking 68th in
the world.
Some African Countries Ranking
South Africa---113
Ghana-----------114
Cameroon------133
Egypt-------------135
Ivory Coast-----151
Meanwhile the land of clocks and chocolates is the world's happiest country, according to a new survey. Switzerland topped the third annual World Happiness index produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), an initiative under the United Nations. It was closely followed by Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada.
Togo, Burundi, Benin and Rwanda, with civil-war wracked Syria, were least happy.
The World Happiness Report examined 158 countries and is aimed at influencing government policy.
World's Happiest Countries.
1. Switzerland
2. Iceland
3. Denmark
4. Norway
5. Canada
World's Least Happy Countries
154. Rwanda
155. Benin
156. Syria
157. Burundi
158. Togo
The study bases its rankings on data
from the Gallup World Poll and takes into account variables such as real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy,
corruption levels and social freedoms.
"Increasingly happiness is considered a proper measure of social progress and goal of public policy," the report said. "A rapidly increasing number of national and local governments are using happiness data and research in their search for policies that could enable people to live better lives".
The SDSN is comprised of people from
academia, government and the private
sector and was first launched in 2012.
Sources:
www.bbc.com/news/business-32443396
worldhappiness.report/
Cc: Ishilove, Lalasticala
Some African Countries Ranking
South Africa---113
Ghana-----------114
Cameroon------133
Egypt-------------135
Ivory Coast-----151
Meanwhile the land of clocks and chocolates is the world's happiest country, according to a new survey. Switzerland topped the third annual World Happiness index produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), an initiative under the United Nations. It was closely followed by Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada.
Togo, Burundi, Benin and Rwanda, with civil-war wracked Syria, were least happy.
The World Happiness Report examined 158 countries and is aimed at influencing government policy.
World's Happiest Countries.
1. Switzerland
2. Iceland
3. Denmark
4. Norway
5. Canada
World's Least Happy Countries
154. Rwanda
155. Benin
156. Syria
157. Burundi
158. Togo
The study bases its rankings on data
from the Gallup World Poll and takes into account variables such as real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy,
corruption levels and social freedoms.
"Increasingly happiness is considered a proper measure of social progress and goal of public policy," the report said. "A rapidly increasing number of national and local governments are using happiness data and research in their search for policies that could enable people to live better lives".
The SDSN is comprised of people from
academia, government and the private
sector and was first launched in 2012.
Sources:
www.bbc.com/news/business-32443396
worldhappiness.report/
Cc: Ishilove, Lalasticala
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