- For the fifth time Finland got the 1st rank as the world's happiest country and Afghanistan as the unhappiest country followed by Lebanon.
- A big boost has been reflected from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Lebanon, Venezuela, and Afghanistan as the falling countries according to the index.
- Lebanon is recently facing an economic meltdown and came to 146th rank just below Zimbabwe.
- In the 10th year of the World Happiness Report, the report is basically based on the assessment of the happiness of the people and also from the economic and social data.
- The report assigns the happiness score on a scale from 0 to 10, which is based on the average of 3 years of data.
- This year also Northern Europeans gain the top spots over the index with Danes at 2nd place to the Finns followed by Icelandic, the Swiss, and the Dutch.
- The US rose to 3 places to 16th which is one ahead of Britain.
- France climbed to 20th position and it is the highest position of France till date.
- The Index is published in 2012.
- Usually, the Index ranks 150 countries but this year it ranked 146 countries.
- Top 10 Countries according to the report:
- Finland
- Denmark
- Iceland
- Switzerland
- The Netherlands
- Luxembourg
- Sweden
- Norway
- Israel
- New Zealand
- India is in the 136th Position whereas, Pakistan is in the 121st position, according to the index.
Question:
Q.1 Which of the following statement is correct about the World happiness Index: 2022?
b. Only 2
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above is correct
- World Happiness Index is published by World Health Organization.
- The rank of India is 136th according to the index.
b. Only 2
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above is correct
