Canada is the fifth-happiest country in the world: UN report (ranking, money)

[GTOlover]

With nods to Buddha and Aristotle, a United Nations expert panel on Monday called for all countries to measure and track the happiness of their people, and to adopt a “a very different model of humanity” oriented toward subjective wellbeing rather than per capita gross national product.

Ranking Canadians as fifth-happiest in the world based on survey data — after Denmark, Finland, Norway and Holland — the World Happiness Report says happiness is unequally distributed within and among countries for reasons that transcend money and politics.

source: World Happiness Report: Success can

Hmm I think I would be even more happy if the Vancouver Canucks can win the Stanley Cup this year

[ellemint]

If you go by the new Happy Planet Index, Canada is the happiest country in the world.

The Index measures countries on 3 variables:
- experienced well-being
- life expectancy
- ecological foot-print

Taking all of these factors into account, Costa Rica is #1.

However, on the experienced well-being measure, which to my mind is closest to measuring happiness Canada is #1.

The data | Happy Planet Index

[iNviNciBL3]

Do you really need online articles to tell you whether or not you are happy? lol

[PostSecularist]

Originally Posted by iNviNciBL3

Do you really need online articles to tell you whether or not you are happy? lol

It's called validation

[Mouldy Old Schmo]

Sing this to yourselves over and over!


Ivor Cutler - I'm happy - YouTube

[Oleg Bach]

Originally Posted by PostSecularist

It's called validation

Validate all you want and it will not bring me any joy...I want to see results....The UN...well.....they should do a study and find out who is the most unhappy nation in the world....see if that validation has any effect?