Posted on 03/21/2024 10:35:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In 2012, the United Nations proclaimed March 20 as the International Day of Happiness or World Happiness Day, which has been held on this date every year since.
The aim is to promote awareness for a "more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes the happiness and well-being of all people".
Although happiness and satisfaction are subjective parameters, Statista's Anna Fleck notes that the team behind the World Happiness Report has once again produced a country ranking this year that reveals clear differences between Western industrialized nations and countries in Asia and Africa.
You will find more infographics at Statista
In order to map the satisfaction of respondents in the 143 countries surveyed, participants were asked to rate their level of satisfaction with their current life on a ten-point scale. This was used to calculate an average value for the results between 2021 and 2023 for each country. As this chart, based on the report shows, Finland (7.74), Denmark (7.58) and Iceland (7.53) are the countries with the most satisfied residents according to calculations, while the three lowest scores are found among the residents of Lesotho (3.19), Lebanon (2.71) and Afghanistan (1.72). The United States is ranked 23rd out of the 143 countries in this year's evaluation.
In addition to the clear differences in the geographical regions, there are also differences in satisfaction in different age groups. Looking at the results for the under-30s, Lithuania, Israel and Serbia take the top three places, while Denmark, Finland and Norway take the top three places for the over-60s.
It’s important to note here that the ranking of the World Happiness Report is not an objective survey based on key figures such as gross domestic product per capita, life expectancy or the quality of the social system. According to the authors of the report, these are analyzed as "supporting factors" but have no influence on the score.
Like sand falling through an hourglass
These are The Days of Our Lives!”
Mine too! Every weekday afternoon, about 2.30pm.
After Another World. My Mom loved them all.
Except UAE and Kuwait.
And General Hospital.
That was back in the day when soap operas actually had some decent acting and plots.
Except UAE and Kuwait.
And Lithuania.
OMG, yes...
Search For Tomorrow...I think it had some clouds and sun intro...always caught my attention and Edge of Night.
Mom watched a bunch of them. And my Italian grandmother did so fiercely. She barely spoke English and the stories depicted worlds she barely knew...especially Edge of Night which iirc was a bit more upper middle class. But you did not mess with her during her stories.
Whenever there’s a do-gooder around, I’m most annoyed.
Nurse Jesse?
I don’t remember much about them. The name is lost on me.
Don’t forget Young and the Restless.
Figures that “blue” was the color chosen for happiest. What a crock of **** website. BTW, unlike Heels-up Harris, Israel’s among the top tier.
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I remember the name, but my mom didn’t watch them. she had 3 favorites and that was it. General Hospital was the top one.
How does Bhutan rank? I hear that little country has a “happiness” index to rate the contentment of its people. From this distance, it looks like they are in the gold category. And I think the relationship religious Jews have with God explains why Israel is in the blue category.
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