...observations and ramblings from a learner and traveler...

13 February 2006

Who's happy?

Here's some interesting stats I found at Turkish Daily News.
Turkey is the third most unhappy country in the world; the USA is the second happiest country in the world. Have fun, amusing yourself with pondering why different countries are happy or unhappy. (Why is France unhappy, but the UK and US are happy?)...

Top 10 'happy' countries: Country percentage claiming to be 'very happy':

Australia -- 46

U.S. -- 40

Egypt -- 36

India -- 34

UK -- 32

Canada -- 32

Mexico -- 31

Sweden -- 30

Brazil -- 29

Saudi Arabia -- 28


Top 10 'unhappy' countries: Country percentage claiming to be 'very unhappy' or 'disappointed':

Hungary -- 35

Russia -- 30

Turkey -- 28

South Africa -- 25

Poland -- 24

Philippines -- 23

Japan -- 21

Taiwan -- 19

France -- 18

Hong Kong -- 17

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