A new international report from economists ranks world countries on happiness.
The rankings are based on income and life expectancy figures, along with how people rate social support, personal freedom, corruption and generosity. Together it is used to generate a happiness score from 1 to 10. The United States ranks 14th with a 6.99.
HAPPIEST COUNTRIES
1. Norway 7.54
2. Denmark 7.52
3. Iceland 7.5
4. Switzerland 7.49
5. Finland 7.47
6. Netherlands 7.38
7. Canada 7.32
8. New Zealand 7.32
9. Australia 7.28
10. Sweden 7.28
SADDEST COUNTRIES
146. Yemen 3.59
147. South Sudan 3.59
148. Liberia 3.53
149. Guinea 3.51
150. Togo 3.49
151. Rwanda 3.47
152. Syria 3.46
153. Tanzania 3.35
154. Burundi 2.91
155. Central African Republic 2.69
___
This list has been corrected to show the number for Denmark is 7.52, not 7.42, as sent previously.
Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Well. Well. A lot of liberal leaning countries there. Except maybe for Australia. And every one of them, including Australia. has national health insurance. Will we look at this and learn. Probably not. We barely notice that the top ten lowest income states, right here in the USA, have been run by Republicans for ages.
And BTW, despite the red herring Chicago…if you live in a Red state, on average, you have a 35% chance of being a homicide victim, as compared to the average Blue state.
No worries though. Ignore the worldwide observational evidence. Full speed ahead with the Republican agenda.
Don’t confuse me with facts.
I can’t believe it’s 35 %. Take a look at this murder rate by state or these causes of death by state. Even if homicide gets misreported as septicemia (because, you know, the lead) it doesn’t approach 35 %.
Most likely gmccpa meant to type that the rate was 35% higher.
You mean all those horrible, unfree, overtaxed, collapsing European welfare states are happier than the good old U.S. of A? Can’t be. Definitely fake news.