{"id":33520,"date":"2013-09-11T18:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T17:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=33520"},"modified":"2015-05-06T08:59:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T07:59:06","slug":"the-happiest-and-saddest-countries-in-the-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2013\/09\/the-happiest-and-saddest-countries-in-the-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Happiest (and Saddest) Countries in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>The United Nations General Assembly&#8217;s second World Happiness Report ranks countries based on several measures of well-being and analyzes the factors that contribute to that well-being. Here are the country rankings, based on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the most satisfied with life. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The scores are an average of results between 2010 and 2012. Read the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/39490-the-happiest-country-in-the-world-is.html\" >full story on country happiness<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>1. Denmark (7.693)<\/p>\n<p>2. Norway (7.655)<\/p>\n<p>3. Switzerland (7.650)<\/p>\n<p>4. Netherlands (7.512)<\/p>\n<p>5. Sweden (7.480)<\/p>\n<p>6. Canada (7.477)<\/p>\n<p>7. Finland (7.389)<\/p>\n<p>8. Austria (7.369)<\/p>\n<p>9. Iceland (7.355)<\/p>\n<p>10. Australia (7.350)<\/p>\n<p>11. Israel (7.301)<\/p>\n<p>12. Costa Rica (7.257)<\/p>\n<p>13. New Zealand (7.221)<\/p>\n<p>14. United Arab Emirates (7.144)<\/p>\n<p>15. Panama (7.143)<\/p>\n<p>16. Mexico (7.088)<\/p>\n<p>17. United States (7.082)<\/p>\n<p>18. Ireland (7.076)<\/p>\n<p>19. Luxembourg (7.054)<\/p>\n<p>20. Venezuela (7.039)<\/p>\n<p>21. Belgium (6.967)<\/p>\n<p>22. United Kingdom (6.883)<\/p>\n<p>23. Oman (6.853)<\/p>\n<p>24. Brazil (6.849)<\/p>\n<p>25. France (6.764)<\/p>\n<p>26. Germany (6.672)<\/p>\n<p>27. Qatar (6.666)<\/p>\n<p>28. Chile (6.587)<\/p>\n<p>29. Argentina (6.562)<\/p>\n<p>30. Singapore (6.546)<\/p>\n<p>31. Trinidad and Tobago (6.519)<\/p>\n<p>32. Kuwait (6.515)<\/p>\n<p>33. Saudi Arabia (6.480)<\/p>\n<p>34. Cyprus (6.466)<\/p>\n<p>35. Colombia (6.416)<\/p>\n<p>36. Thailand (6.371)<\/p>\n<p>37. Uruguay (6.355)<\/p>\n<p>38. Spain (6.322)<\/p>\n<p>39. Czech Republic (6.290)<\/p>\n<p>40. Suriname (6.269)<\/p>\n<p>41. South Korea (6.267)<\/p>\n<p>42. Taiwan (6.221)<\/p>\n<p>43. Japan (6.064)<\/p>\n<p>44. Slovenia (6.060)<\/p>\n<p>45. Italy (6.021)<\/p>\n<p>46. Slovakia (5.969)<\/p>\n<p>47. Guatemala (5.965)<\/p>\n<p>Malta (5.964)\u202849<\/p>\n<p>Ecuador (5.865)<\/p>\n<p>50. Bolivia (5.857)<\/p>\n<p>51. Poland (5.822)<\/p>\n<p>52. El Salvador (5.809)<\/p>\n<p>53. Moldova (5.791)<\/p>\n<p>54. Paraguay (5.779)<\/p>\n<p>55. Peru (5.776)<\/p>\n<p>56. Malaysia (5.760)<\/p>\n<p>57. Kazakhstan (5.671)<\/p>\n<p>58. Croatia (5.661)<\/p>\n<p>59. Turkmenistan (5.628)<\/p>\n<p>60. Uzbekistan (5.623)<\/p>\n<p>61. Angola (5.589)<\/p>\n<p>62. Albania (5.550)<\/p>\n<p>63. Vietnam (5.533)<\/p>\n<p>64. Hong Kong (5.523)<\/p>\n<p>65. Nicaragua (5.507)<\/p>\n<p>66. Belarus (5.504)<\/p>\n<p>67. Mauritius (5.477)<\/p>\n<p>68. Russia (5.464)<\/p>\n<p>69. North Cyprus (5.463)<\/p>\n<p>70. Greece (5.435)<\/p>\n<p>71. Lithuania (5.426)<\/p>\n<p>72. Estonia (5.426)<\/p>\n<p>73. Algeria (5.422)<\/p>\n<p>74. Jordan (5.414)<\/p>\n<p>75. Jamaica (5.374)<\/p>\n<p>76. Indonesia (5.348)<\/p>\n<p>77. Turkey (5.345)<\/p>\n<p>78. Libya (5.340)<\/p>\n<p>79. Bahrain (5.312)<\/p>\n<p>80. Montenegro (5.299)<\/p>\n<p>81. Pakistan (5.292)<\/p>\n<p>82. Nigeria (5.248)<\/p>\n<p>83. Kosovo (5.222)<\/p>\n<p>84. Honduras (5.142)<\/p>\n<p>85. Portugal (5.101)<\/p>\n<p>86. Ghana (5.091)<\/p>\n<p>87. Ukraine (5.057)<\/p>\n<p>88. Latvia (5.046)<\/p>\n<p>89. Kyrgyzstan (5.042)<\/p>\n<p>90. Romania (5.033)<\/p>\n<p>91. Zambia (5.006)<\/p>\n<p>92. Philippines (4.985)<\/p>\n<p>93. China (4.978)<\/p>\n<p>94. Mozambique (4.971)<\/p>\n<p>95. Dominican Republic (4.963)<\/p>\n<p>96. South Africa (4.963)<\/p>\n<p>97. Lebanon (4.931)<\/p>\n<p>98. Lesotho (4.898)<\/p>\n<p>99. Morocco (4.885)<\/p>\n<p>100. Swaziland (4.867)<\/p>\n<p>101. Somaliland region (4.847)<\/p>\n<p>102. Mongolia (4.834)<\/p>\n<p>103. Zimbabwe (4.827)<\/p>\n<p>104. Tunisia (4.826)<\/p>\n<p>105. Iraq (4.817)<\/p>\n<p>106. Serbia (4.813)<\/p>\n<p>107. Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.813)<\/p>\n<p>108. Bangladesh (4.804)<\/p>\n<p>109. Laos (4.787)<\/p>\n<p>110. Hungary (4.775)<\/p>\n<p>111. India (4.772)<\/p>\n<p>112. Mauritania (4.758)<\/p>\n<p>113. Palestinian Territories (4.700)<\/p>\n<p>114. Djibouti (4.690)<\/p>\n<p>115. Iran (4.643)<\/p>\n<p>116. Azerbaijan (4.604)<\/p>\n<p>117. Congo (Kinshasa) (4.578)<\/p>\n<p>118. Macedonia (4.574)<\/p>\n<p>119. Ethiopia (4.561)<\/p>\n<p>120. Uganda (4.443)<\/p>\n<p>121. Myanmar (4.439)<\/p>\n<p>122. Cameroon (4.420)<\/p>\n<p>123. Kenya (4.403)<\/p>\n<p>124. Sudan (4.401)<\/p>\n<p>125. Tajikistan (4.380)<\/p>\n<p>126. Haiti (4.341)<\/p>\n<p>127. Sierra Leone (4.318)<\/p>\n<p>128. Armenia (4.316)<\/p>\n<p>129. Congo (Brazzaville) (4.297)<\/p>\n<p>130. Egypt (4.273)<\/p>\n<p>131. Burkina Faso (4.259)<\/p>\n<p>132. Mali (4.247)<\/p>\n<p>133. Liberia (4.196)<\/p>\n<p>134. Georgia (4.187)<\/p>\n<p>135. Nepal (4.156)<\/p>\n<p>136. Niger (4.152)<\/p>\n<p>137. Sri Lanka (4.151)<\/p>\n<p>138. Gabon (4.114)<\/p>\n<p>139. Malawi (4.113)<\/p>\n<p>140. Cambodia (4.067)<\/p>\n<p>141. Chad (4.056)<\/p>\n<p>142. Yemen (4.054)<\/p>\n<p>143. Afghanistan (4.040)<\/p>\n<p>144. Bulgaria (3.981)<\/p>\n<p>145. Botswana (3.970)<\/p>\n<p>146. Madagascar (3.966)<\/p>\n<p>147. Senegal (3.959)<\/p>\n<p>148. Syria (3.892)<\/p>\n<p>149. Comoros (3.851)<\/p>\n<p>150. Guinea (3.847)<\/p>\n<p>151. Tanzania (3.770)<\/p>\n<p>152. Rwand2a4 (3.715)<\/p>\n<p>153. Burundi (3.706)<\/p>\n<p>154. Central African Republic (3.623)<\/p>\n<p>155. Benin (3.528)<\/p>\n<p>156. Togo (2.936)<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/39489-the-happiest-countries.html\" >Go to Original \u2013 livescience.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations General Assembly&#8217;s second World Happiness Report ranks countries based on several measures of well-being and analyzes the factors that contribute to that well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-united-nations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}