2007-03-18 17:19:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
hey how come this question is categorised in Biology
Anyways answer for your question is Denmark
2007-03-18 17:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by Sony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The World's Happiest Countries
World "Happiest" Countries vs. Countries with the Highest Levels of "Subjective Well-Being"
The University of Michigan's World Values Surveys (WVS) has compiled data on the happiest countries in the world for over twenty years. Their results are considered the most authoritative by happiness researchers.
WVS measures the happiness of individuals by two different means. The first is to simply ask them how "happy" they are. The second is to ask them how "happy" they are, and also how "satisfied" they are. The results are then combined to arrive at a measure of their "subjective well-being," a term generally considered synonymous with happiness.
Because of these two different ways of measuring happiness, some confusion arises in determining which countries in the world are happiest. There is support for the the validity of both measures. For example, former president of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Martin Seligman, uses the "happiness only" measure in his book Authentic Happiness. However, Dr. Ron Inglehart, director of World Values Surveys, considers the "subjective well-being" measure a more accurate indicator of personal happiness.
Therefore on this page I present the international rankings using both measures.
When individuals were asked:
"Taking all things together, would you say you are: 1. Very happy, 2. Rather happy, 3. Not very happy, or 4. Not at all happy?" countries achieved the following rankings (Dr. Inglehart has not released the complete list):
Ranking of the World's Happiest Countries
1. Nigeria
2. Mexico
3. Venezuela
4. El Salvador
5. Puerto Rico
Ronald Inglehart et al. (eds.) HUMAN BELIEFS AND VALUES: A CROSS-CULTURAL SOURCEBOOK BASED ON THE 1999-2002 VALUES SURVEYS (Mexico City: Siglo XXI, 2004).
When individuals were asked the above "happiness" question and the results were combined with the following question: (On a scale of one to ten) "All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?" a ranking of "subjective well-being" for the following countries was achieved.
Ranking of Countries by Level of "Subjective Well-Being"
1. Puerto Rico
2. Mexico
3. Denmark
4. Colombia
5. Ireland
6. Iceland
7. N. Ireland
8. Switzerland
9. Netherlands
10. Canada
11. Austria
12. El Salvador
13. Venezuela
14. Luxembourg
15. U.S.
16. Australia
17. New Zealand
18. Sweden
19. Nigeria
20. Norway
21. Belgium
22. Finland
23. Singapore
24. W. Germany
25. France
26. Argentina
27. Vietnam
28. Chile
29. Indonesia
30. Philippines
31. Taiwan
32. Brazil
33. Spain
34. Israel
35. Italy
36. Portugal
37. E. Germany
38. Slovenia
39. Japan
40. Czech Rep
41. S. Africa
42. Croatia
43. Greece
44. Peru
45. China
46. Morocco
47. S. Korea
48. Iran
49. Poland
50. Turkey
51. Bosnia
52. Uganda
53. Algeria
54. Bangladesh
55. Egypt
56. Kyrgyzstan
57. Hungary
58. Slovakia
59. Jordan
60. Estonia
61. Serbia
62. Tanzania
63. Azerbaijan
64. Montenegro
65. India
66. Lithuania
67. Macedonia
68. Pakistan
69. Latvia
70. Albania
71. Bulgaria
72. Belarus
73. Georgia
74. Romania
75. Moldova
76. Russia
77. Armenia
78. Ukraine
79. Zimbabwe
2007-03-19 00:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the university of leicester rated denmark the happiest country in the world. a recent university of warwick study found a correlation between happiness n level of blood pressure in people. on this basis sweden tops the list in whole world.
2007-03-19 00:43:20 · answer #3 · answered by akki 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The kingdom of Bhutan in the himalayas. The government bases its policies on how they will affect the peoples happiness, as measured by Gross National Happiness. Compare this to how other governments form thier policies based on how much money they will make - Gross National Product.
This does come at a cost of economic development, but who ever said that makes people happy?
2007-03-19 00:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by Jaymondo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finland
2007-03-19 00:26:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweden
2007-03-19 02:51:17 · answer #6 · answered by s mohan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some island countrie.
2007-03-19 00:21:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Denmark, especially since they now have an Australian as a princess, that can only help.
Australia would be up there, but it could be I'm just being patriotically delusional.
2007-03-19 00:51:29 · answer #8 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Switzerland, They do not have to invest their own money & getting deposits(Money) from other countries
2007-03-19 00:56:46 · answer #9 · answered by v_bhagvath 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
certainly INDIA, because people are always in a celeberating mood despite any social,political,or economic problems.
2007-03-19 00:38:53 · answer #10 · answered by ganesh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋