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● As per recently released World Happiness Report 2017, India has been ranked at 122nd/155 countries. In
2016 report India was ranked at 118th position.
●Norway is ranked 1st followed by the Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland.
●Central African Republic, Burundi and Tanzania are ranked as last 3 nations.
● Among BRICS group, Brazil was ranked at 22nd
, Russia at 49th China at 79th and South Africa at 101.
● As per the report “having a job” is an overwhelming factor contributing to Happiness. Rising unemployment
negatively affects everyone even those who are unemployed.
World Happiness Index, 2017
● It is an annual report published since 2012 by Sustainable
Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative of United Nations. 2017 report is 5
th in the series.
●The happiness rankings are based on 6 criteria namely: GDP per capita, Healthy years of life expectancy,
Social support (as measured by having someone to count on in times of trouble), Trust (as measured by a
perceived absence of corruption in government and business); Perceived freedom to make life decisions, and
Generosity (as measured by recent donations).
World happiness day is celebrated on
20th March of every year.
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