Are you happy? According to US media CNN, the United Nations released the 2019 World Happiness Report on March 20, showing that Finland won the title of "the happiest country in the world" for the second consecutive year, with China falling from 86 in 2018 to 93, and China and Hong Kong ranked 76th.
March 20th of each year is International Happiness Day . The United Nations released the 2019 World Happiness Report today. Northern Europe and Finland once again ranked among the happiest countries in the world, while Denmark and Norway followed closely behind. The United Nations Sustainable Development Network (SDSN) evaluates the happiness of countries based on indicators such as freedom, life expectancy, social support, trust and government corruption, and per capita GDP. It is also the seventh time since 2012 that the annual survey report has been released.
This year, the happiest countries in the world are still the leader in Nordic countries, with 4th to 10th places being Iceland , Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand , Canada and Austria respectively. In East Asia, Taiwan, ranked 25th, is higher than neighboring countries and regions such as Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and China.
As for the most unhappy countries, the top 10 are mostly distributed in South Africa or the Middle East, namely South Sudan , Central Africa, Afghan , Tanzania, Luanda , Yemen, Malawi , Syria , Botswana , and galabi Haiti .
Happiness Ranking
It is reported that this report surveyed and analyzed 156 countries and regions around the world, and the ranking indicators include factors such as income, freedom, social support, health and lifespan.
It is worth noting that the top five are Denmark, Norway, Iceland and the Netherlands, except Finland.
Global Happiness Ranking
According to John Helliville, editor of the World Happiness Report and professor at the University of British Columbia, Finland won the title of "the happiest country in the world" because of the lifestyle of Finnish residents.
Halliville said that although Finns have to pay high taxes to ensure social stability, they trust the government, have freedom, are very generous to others, and really care about each other.
2019 top 30 global happiness rankings:
1, Finland
2, Denmark
3, Norway
4, Iceland
5, Netherlands
6, Switzerland
7, Swedish
8, html l1 New Zealand
9, Canada
10, Austria
11, Australia
12, Costa Rica
13, Israel
14, Luxembourg
15, UK
16, Ireland
17, Germany
18, Belgium
19, United States
20, Czech
21, United Arab Emirates
22, Maltese
23, Mexico
24, France
25, Taiwan
26, Chile
27, Guatemala
28, Saudi Arabia
29, Kada
30, Spain
000 It is worth noting that the group is not an official United Nations agency, and it is also clearly stated at the end of the report directory, "This report is derived from a group of independent experts based on personal opinions. The views in any report do not represent the opinions of any United Nations organizations, institutions or projects."
Compared with previous years, the top 10 of the list did not change much. Australia was squeezed out by Austria during the only change. The other nine were Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand and Canada; China (mainland) ranked 93rd in the world, 86 last year; the United States ranked 19, which also dropped by 1 place from last year.
