Happiness

There was some discussion a couple of weeks ago about national happiness rankings. The problem was that the list published last time had a weighting factor based on environmental footprint which meant that it was not an "absolute" happiness list. This one purports to be such (with some countries in a state of war excluded).

I repeat my assertion from last time that happiness for a Kiwi is to finish ahead of Australia.

To save you working your way through the alphabetical list, here are some of the notable rankings:

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

Other notable results include:

23. USA
26. Australia
35. Germany
41. UK
62. France
82. China
90. Japan
125. India
167. Russia

The three least happy countries were:

176. Democratic Republic of the Congo
177. Zimbabwe
178. Burundi