The annual happiness survey of Gallup (Gallup) shows that Fiji, the Pacific island country, is the happiest country in the world, and 93% people feel happy.
The British newspaper, the metropolitan newspaper, reported that Africa was not rich, but 83% Africans were happy, only 39% in Hongkong and only 25% at the bottom of Greece.
The survey also found that, on the whole, 2014 was a happier year. 7 adults were consciously happy, up 10 percentage points from 6 in 2013. There were 53% optimistic people for the coming year, 5 percentage points more than in 2013, while pessimistic people were 15%, down 5 percentage points over 2013.
Africa and Asia are most optimistic about the coming year, 75% and 63% respectively. Western European people are suffering from economic distress, and only 26% of them are optimistic.
[happy rank top five]
Fiji 93%
Columbia 90%
Nai and Leah 89%
Saudi Arabia 87%
Philippines 86%
[the least happy top five]
Greece 25%
Iraq 31%
Bulgaria 32%
Hongkong 39%
Italy / Romania / Siberia 41%