Tuesday Map: The happiest countries in the world
We’ve noted before that Danes are the happiest people on Earth. Adrian G. White, a social psychologist at the University of Leicester, has actually made a map of the world in terms of happiness, or, as he calls it, “subjective well being” (SWB). The darker a country, the happier its inhabitants. As you can see, ...
We've noted before that Danes are the happiest people on Earth. Adrian G. White, a social psychologist at the University of Leicester, has actually made a map of the world in terms of happiness, or, as he calls it, "subjective well being" (SWB). The darker a country, the happier its inhabitants. As you can see, they're dancin' in the streets in Scandinavia, but not so excited about life in Russia and most of Africa:
We’ve noted before that Danes are the happiest people on Earth. Adrian G. White, a social psychologist at the University of Leicester, has actually made a map of the world in terms of happiness, or, as he calls it, “subjective well being” (SWB). The darker a country, the happier its inhabitants. As you can see, they’re dancin’ in the streets in Scandinavia, but not so excited about life in Russia and most of Africa:
The top ten in White’s list are:
- Denmark
- Switzerland
- Austria
- Iceland
- The Bahamas
- Finland
- Sweden
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Canada
As for the United States, it’s number 23. The unhappiest place on the planet, according to White, is the African nation of Burundi.
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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