World Happiness Report 2021: India ranks 139 out of 149
nations, Pakistan happier at 105
India has been ranked 139 out of 149 countries in the list of UN World Happiness Report 2021 released on Friday which is topped by Finland followed by by Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Norway.
The
World Happiness Report 2021, issued by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions
Network, focuses on the effects of Covid-19 and how people all over the world
have fared.
It
ranks the world's 149 countries on "how happy their citizens perceive
themselves to be".
“Our
aim was two-fold, first to focus on the effects of Covid-19 on the structure
and quality of people’s lives, and second to describe and evaluate how
governments all over the world have dealt with the pandemic. In particular, we
try to explain why some countries have done so much better than others,” it
said in a statement.
It
said that India is on the 139th spot on the list. In 2019, India was ranked
140th.
“There
have been both in-person and telephone samples for India, with the in-person
responses being lower than telephone responses, while significantly higher than
in-person responses in 2019. Hence the reversal in 2020 of the longer term
slide in Indian life evaluations was not attributable to mode effects,” it
said.
Finland
has been ranked as the happiest country in the world. The Nordic nation is
followed by Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and
Norway.
Pakistan
is on 105th, Bangladesh on 101st and China on 84th, according to the report.
People
in war-torn Afghanistan are the most unhappy with their lives, followed by
Zimbabwe (148), Rwanda (147), Botswana (146) and Lesotho (145).
The
happiness study ranks the countries of the world on the basis of questions from
the Gallup World Poll. The results are then correlated with other factors,
including GDP and social security.
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