A new poll conducted by global research company Ipsos for What Makes You Happy Magazine has Indonesians followed by India and Mexico as the most contented people on the planet.Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago.
Ipsos Global, which has surveyed the happiness of more than 18,000 people in 24 countries since 2007 found that while eight in 10 (77 per cent) citizens were "happy" with their lives, one-quarter (22 per cent) reported they were "very happy".
Brazil and Turkey rounded out the top five happiest nations, while Hungary, South Korea, Russia, Spain and Italy had the fewest number of happy people.Proving that money can't buy happiness, residents of some of the world biggest economic powers, including the United States, Canada and Britain, fell in the middle of the happiness scale.Regionally Latin America had the highest number of happy people, followed by North America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa. Only 16% of Europeans said they were very happy.
LIST OF TOP HAPPY COUNTRIES ( HAPPY CLUB )
1. Indonesia - 51 %
2. India - 43 %
3. Mexico - 43 %
4. Brazil - 30 %
5. Turkey - 30 %
6. Australia - 28 %
7. USA - 28 %
8. Canada - 27 %
9. Argentina - 23 %
10.Great Britain - 21 %
11.Saudi Arabia - 21 %
12.South Africa - 21 %
13.Sweden - 20 %
14.China - 19 %
15.Belgium - 16 %
16.Germany - 16 %
17.Japan - 16 %
18.France - 15 %
19.Poland - 15 %
20.Italy - 13 %
21.Spain - 11 %
22.Russia - 08 %
23.South Korea - 07 %
24.Hungary - 06 %
On the other end, Hungary (6 per cent), South Korea (7 per cent) and Russia (8 per cent) have the lowest number of 'very happy' people, followed by Spain (11 per cent) and Italy (13 per cent). Education and age also had an impact with more people under 35 saying they are very happy than 25-49 year olds. Higher education also equated with higher happiness.
"We conducted in-depth research on the concept for this magazine and every person - without exception - was energized to talk about happiness and eager to hear what makes others happy - so that's what we're about!" said Johnny Lucas, the magazine's editor.“The world is a happier place today than it was four years ago in 2007 and we can actually measure it because we have been tracking it,” he added.
The general assessment of happiness tends to remain fairly static over time, the measure of those who are ‘very happy’ has the greatest amount of fluctuation.The trouble with most mood polls is that they are too generalised. A recall of your life over days, weeks or months is likely to focus on the emotional highs and lows, rather than specifics. So, unless you’ve lost a child, spouse or job, you are likely to think of yourself as an active member of glee club, even if you’ve spent all your time griping about anything and everything.
Ipsos Global, which has surveyed the happiness of more than 18,000 people in 24 countries since 2007 found that while eight in 10 (77 per cent) citizens were "happy" with their lives, one-quarter (22 per cent) reported they were "very happy".
Brazil and Turkey rounded out the top five happiest nations, while Hungary, South Korea, Russia, Spain and Italy had the fewest number of happy people.Proving that money can't buy happiness, residents of some of the world biggest economic powers, including the United States, Canada and Britain, fell in the middle of the happiness scale.Regionally Latin America had the highest number of happy people, followed by North America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa. Only 16% of Europeans said they were very happy.
LIST OF TOP HAPPY COUNTRIES ( HAPPY CLUB )
1. Indonesia - 51 %
2. India - 43 %
3. Mexico - 43 %
4. Brazil - 30 %
5. Turkey - 30 %
6. Australia - 28 %
7. USA - 28 %
8. Canada - 27 %
9. Argentina - 23 %10.Great Britain - 21 %
11.Saudi Arabia - 21 %
12.South Africa - 21 %
13.Sweden - 20 %
14.China - 19 %
15.Belgium - 16 %
16.Germany - 16 %
17.Japan - 16 %
18.France - 15 %
19.Poland - 15 %
20.Italy - 13 %
21.Spain - 11 %
22.Russia - 08 %
23.South Korea - 07 %
24.Hungary - 06 %
On the other end, Hungary (6 per cent), South Korea (7 per cent) and Russia (8 per cent) have the lowest number of 'very happy' people, followed by Spain (11 per cent) and Italy (13 per cent). Education and age also had an impact with more people under 35 saying they are very happy than 25-49 year olds. Higher education also equated with higher happiness.
"We conducted in-depth research on the concept for this magazine and every person - without exception - was energized to talk about happiness and eager to hear what makes others happy - so that's what we're about!" said Johnny Lucas, the magazine's editor.“The world is a happier place today than it was four years ago in 2007 and we can actually measure it because we have been tracking it,” he added.
The general assessment of happiness tends to remain fairly static over time, the measure of those who are ‘very happy’ has the greatest amount of fluctuation.The trouble with most mood polls is that they are too generalised. A recall of your life over days, weeks or months is likely to focus on the emotional highs and lows, rather than specifics. So, unless you’ve lost a child, spouse or job, you are likely to think of yourself as an active member of glee club, even if you’ve spent all your time griping about anything and everything.
Ujjwal,
ReplyDeleteI wonder what results might show up if you looked at change in happiness vs. change in income? While I agree money cannot buy happiness, according to the Halo Effect a country's positive economic performance should create a lot of positive attributions.