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Nepal 3rd Happiest Country in SAARC

Slips two positions in global ranking

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March 18: Sustainable Development Network, an associate agency of United Nations, has recently released its research report about the world happiness index for 2017. The agency has published the report to mark the World Happiness Day which is celebrated on March 20 every year.

According to the report published by Sustainable Development Forum Network, Nepal is ranked 101 for its happiness index. The Himalayan nation has slipped two positions down in comparison to the reports from 2016 when it was ranked 99.

Happiness Index of Nepal has fallen to 4.88 in 2017 which was 4.962 in 2016. With this, Nepal still remains third in SAARC, states the report. Nepal is third happiest country in SAARC after Pakistan and Bhutan. Pakistan is ranked first followed by Bhutan second in SAARC and 75 and 97 globally. Bulgaria with a total happiness index of 4.933 lies above Nepal at 100th position and Venezuela with 4.806 index is below Nepal raked 102nd.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh is ranked fourth followed by Sri Lanka at 5th while India stands at 6th position with only 4.190 indexes. Afghanistan and the Maldives are excluded in the report. Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India are ranked 115, 116 and 133 globally, which means Indians are the least happy citizens in SAARC nations excluding Afghanistan and the Maldives. 

The report states, Finland to be the world's happiest country which was at 5th position previously. Norway, the happiest country for 2016, has slipped down to second position this time. Norway is followed by Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and Australia respectively.

As per the report, Finland the happiest country holds an index of 7.632 while Burundi has the lowest happiness index and has been ranked as the least happy country. Burundi was at second last position last year.

The agency has listed 157 countries in its report where war ravaged South Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Rwanda, Syria, Liberia, Haiti, Malawi and Botswana are amongst the least happy countries.

The happiness index of the country was determined on the basis of their per capita income, democracy, reliability, life expectancy and social support and rescue.

 

 

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