Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Denmark the
'happiest country' and Burundi 'the least happy'
Does happiness
mean the same to all? How should happiness be measured? How do people rate
their happiness? Despite all these controversies, a report was presented by the
UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to rank 156 countries by
happiness.
It finds that
the narrower the inequality is, the happier the people are. The size doesn’t
seem to matter for happiness. What people feel happy about seems to be
intangible but important to their daily life. Also, how people perceive their
lives in their given situations affects the happiness index distinctly. For
example, despite the poverty, inequality and security concerns, people in
Mexico rated themselves much happier than those in the U.S.
Enjoy reading
and learning what happiness mean to people in different places and cultures.
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