The World's Happiest Nation

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When the result of the US government-funded World Values Survey showed that the world is getting happier, the world-wide food problem was not yet in the offing. The survey, which has been undertaken regularly since 1995 had 350,000 respondents. The weighted average of the combined results from some 97 countries "based on reported happiness and life satisfaction ranked the nations from the happiest to the least happy. The US, perceived the happiest "from a global perspective" came in only as No. 16 even if it is not only prosperous but also "ranks relatively high in gender equality, tolerance of ethnic and social diversity, and high level of political freedom. Denmark was considered the happiest, according to the National Science Foundation that released the rankings. "It is properous - not the richest country in the word but it is properous". It is followed by Puerto Rico, Colombia, Iceland, North Ireland, Ireland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada and Austria.