Ghana failed to secure a spot in the Top 10 happiest countries on the African continent, according to the latest World Happiness Report.
The report showed that Nordic nations are once again
at the top of the happiness rankings.
Finland remained the happiest country for the seventh
year in a row, with Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden following closely behind.
However,
Libya has the highest happiness score in Africa, with 5.866.
Aside from the happiness rankings, the report took
into account a country’s GDP, life expectancy, and perceptions of freedom and
corruption to provide insights into each nation’s particular needs.
According to John Helliwell, emeritus professor of
economics at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia,
and a founding editor of the World Happiness Report, the poll asked each
participant to rate their whole life, taking into account what they value.
“And you
find out Finland’s pretty rich in all of those things like wallets being
returned if they’re dropped in the street, people helping each other day in and
day out, very high quality and universally distributed health and education
opportunities—so everyone more or less comes out of the starting gate the
same,” said John Helliwell.
This year’s survey includes age-specific rankings,
which reveal troubling patterns in life satisfaction among young people in
various regions.
According to the survey, the global
happiness disparity has increased by more than 20% over the last twelve years
across all geographies and age demographics, with considerable differences
identified by age and geographical location.
In many but not all, regions, the
young are happier than the elderly. In Sub-Saharan Africa, happiness inequality
has risen significantly, notably among the elderly.
From 2021
to 2023, negative emotions were more widespread in every region for females
than men, with the gender disparity widening practically everywhere as people
got older.
Happiness is an essential component of human
well-being, and it has a significant impact on the social and economic
development of countries around the world.
The World Happiness Report, which
analyses worldwide happiness in over 150 nations, has named Finland the
happiest country for the seventh year in a row.
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