Who worry about high taxes and cold winters when you ’ve got Legos , green energyand pastries ? The fourthWorld Happiness Reportis out , and Denmark has topped the table once again .

Denmark ’s chirpiness comes as no surprisal . Western Europe   has previously dominated the top of their preceding happiness reports . In addition , Denmark was ranked first in 2013 ’s   World Happiness Report and third in 2015 .

In orderliness , the countries following Denmark   were Switzerland , Iceland , Norway , Finland , Canada , Netherlands , New Zealand , Australia , and then Sweden . The top 10 contains the precise same countries   as thereport in 2015 , albeit in a dissimilar decree .

The least happy countries in the study were Burundi , Syria , Togo , Afghanistan , Benin , Rwanda , Guinea , and Liberia .

In sum , the study looked at 157 unlike countries . Each country ’s happiness was appraise using six variables : GDP per capita , social support , healthy life anticipation , social freedom , generosity , and perceptual experience of corruption . The score of these six factors   were then compare to   “ Dystopia ”   –   a hypothetic country that incorporate all of the worst score . This acted as a benchmark for the worst possible land .

“ Measuring ego - reported felicity and attain well - being should be on every state ’s agenda as they begin to pursue the Sustainable Development Goals,”saidJeffrey Sachs ,   theatre director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University , who contributed to the report .

“ Indeed , the Goals themselves embody the very idea that human well - being should be nurtured through a holistic approach that combines economic , societal and environmental objectives .

“ Rather than taking a narrow approach focalize exclusively on economical growth , we should upgrade societies that are golden , just , and environmentally sustainable . ”

Environmental   sustainability certainly seems to be a expectant one for Denmark . Not only were they list alongside the U.K. as the top country forcombating climatechange , this yr they ’ve also broken their own cosmos track record forwind business leader generationand opened the Earth ’s first“ugly ” and expiredfood supermarket .

The account was eject in anticipation of the UN ’s World Happiness Day on March 20 . you’re able to read the full field onlineright here .

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