Editor’s note: This article was first published in September 2013 and reflects that year’s ranking. The report has been updated every year since and the order has changed; Finland, for example, has topped recent editions. The world map this article describes could not be recovered.
The UN General Assembly has released its annual World Happiness Report, a study that measures the well-being and happiness of each country’s citizens, taking into account different variables such as perceived corruption, per capita income, the generosity of their neighbours, and so on.
The site Vizual Statistix has plotted the data on a world map showing which countries would be the happiest (the bluer) and which feel the most miserable (the more orange).
Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and the Netherlands come out as the countries that consider themselves happiest, which is hardly surprising, since they also took the top spots in the 2013 ranking of the countries with the best quality of life. And let’s not forget Australia, which also shows up in a deep purple.
Source: World Happiness Report 2013
Among the 10 least happy countries (the most miserable in terms of happiness), we find:
- Togo
- Benin
- Central African Republic
- Burundi
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
- Guinea
- Comoros
- Syria
- Senegal
See also: The 10 developed countries with the worst quality of life: 2013 ranking
Featured image: JackintheBox, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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