World Happiness Report 2019

The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network has released the World Happiness Report 2019. The report ranks countries on six key variables that support well-being: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network ranks the world’s 156 countries on “how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be”.

Findings of the Report

• Finland topped the index of for the second year in a row and the report notes that Finland has succeeded in generating recipe that’s not dependent on economic wealth.
• Finland is followed by Denmark, Norway, Iceland and The Netherlands.
• The report notes that there has been an increase in negative emotions, including worry, sadness and anger across the world and the overall world happiness has fallen over the past few years.
• None of the world’s major economic powerhouses made it to the top 10.
• The United Kingdom stood at a rank of 15 (from 18 last year), Germany went down from the 15th spot to the 17^th and the United States dropped from the 18th to the 19th.
• Japan, Russia and China finished at 58 (down from 54th), 68 (down from 59th ) and 93rd place (down from 86th) respectively.
• India has witnessed a sustained drop with a 140th place this year compared with the 133rd place in 2018.
• India featured in the list of five countries that had the largest drop since 2005-2008 in the index, along with Yemen, Syria, Botswana and Venezuela.

The World Happiness Report offers the world’s governments and individuals the opportunity to rethink public policies and individual life choices, to raise happiness and well-being.

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019