Luxembourg, sixth happiest country in the world
For the fifth year in a row, Finland is in first place among the happiest nations. The Grand Duchy, for its part, continues to progress in the world hierarchy.
“World Happiness Report”
For the fifth year in a row, Finland is in first place among the happiest nations. The Grand Duchy, for its part, continues to progress in the world hierarchy.
According to the “World Happiness Report”, Finland is the country with the happiest people in the world. It is already the fifth time in a row that the Nordic country of 5.5 million inhabitants has taken first place on the podium in this ranking. He obtained this time the score of 7.82/10.
What about Luxembourg then? It would seem that life is also good in the Grand Duchy since the country occupies 6th place in this world ranking, with a score of 7.40 out of 10, behind Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and the Netherlands. That is a link of two places in one year. This new ranking must be taken with a grain of salt, since the Luxembourg results are still based on the survey carried out in 2019, due to a lack of information for 2020 and 2021.
France is 20th
In any case, our country is far ahead of its neighbours. Germany is ranked 14th, Belgium 19th and France 20th. The bottom of the list of 146 countries assessed is Afghanistan.
This year, the World Happiness Report once again looked at the impacts of the covid-19 crisis on the world’s population. According to the scientists who conducted the study, theActs of solidarity have increased considerably during the pandemic. “Assistance to foreigners, volunteering and donations increased sharply in 2021 in all regions of the world, reaching values almost 25% higher than their pre-pandemic value,” they said.
The Nordic countries on the podium
The World Happiness Report therefore confirms once again that the solidarity, liberality and honesty of the powers that be are crucial for the well-being of the population, as indicated by one of the co-authors of the report. World leaders had to take this into account,” said Jeffrey Sachs. In any case, the Nordic countries seem to have applied this formula for many years. Before Finland, Norway had occupied the first place in the ranking in 2017 and Denmark also, for several years.
In addition to social factors, values such as gross domestic product, life expectancy, the existence or not of corruption and the freedom of individuals were taken into account in the report.
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