World Happiness Report: India among ‘unhappiest’ nations, languishes at 136th spot
Guwahati: India continued to fare poorly in the world happiness index, with its position marginally improving to 136 as against last year’s 139.
Among the South Asian nations, only Taliban-ruled Afghanistan fared worse than India. Afghanistan was named the most unhappy country in the world, ranking last on the index of 146 countries. Nepal (84), Bangladesh (94), Pakistan (121) and Sri Lanka (127) managed to get better ranks in the list.
Finland was followed by Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Among other western countries, while the United States managed to bag the 16th position, Britain was ranked 17th and France 20th.
The Happiness report also stated that India was one among the countries that witnessed, over the past 10 years, a fall in life evaluations by more than a full point on the 0 to 10 scale.
The latest list was completed before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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