Finland ranks first among the happiest countries in the world
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Outbreaks appear to be exacerbated during the Corona virus epidemic, with Finland topping the list for the fourth time in a row. According to the French news agency AFP, this was stated on Friday by the organization that prepares annual reports in cooperation with the United Nations. Happiness researchers in the world are now in their ninth year. Researchers asked people in 149 countries about their personal happiness, as well as GDP, social support, personal freedom, and the corruption that has a significant impact on a nation’s happiness. Once again, European countries are prominent in this list, followed by Denmark, followed by Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands. New Zealand dropped one place to ninth, the only non-European country in the top ten. Similarly, in other countries, Germany moved from 17th to 13th, while France moved two steps to 21st. During the Corona epidemic, the UK dropped from 13th to 17th, while the United States dropped one place to 19th. African countries Lesotho, Botswana, Rwanda and Zimbabwe are at the bottom of the list, but still ahead of Afghanistan, which was named the world’s most unhappy country of the year.
The authors of the study compared this year’s data with previous years to see how much the Corona epidemic has made a difference. After which it came to light that negative emotions have increased in third world countries. John Haley, one of the study’s authors, says that positive sentiment has increased in 22 countries, and surprisingly, when people spoke of them, the situation was not average, but prosperity was declining. According to him, the reason may be that people considered Corona as their common cause, which created feelings of solidarity with each other. Another author of the report, Jeffrey Sachs, warned that we urgently need to learn from Corona. We need to focus on the well-being of all, not just accumulating wealth.
