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Global Happiness Rankings 2016

The document appears to be an excerpt from the World Happiness Report 2016 which ranks countries based on their levels of happiness. It lists the top 51 countries according to their happiness scores from 2013-2015. The happiest countries are Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Finland with Denmark ranked first with a score of 7.526. The report also includes a figure that shows the factors that explain differences in happiness scores between countries such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom and perceptions of corruption.

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Global Happiness Rankings 2016

The document appears to be an excerpt from the World Happiness Report 2016 which ranks countries based on their levels of happiness. It lists the top 51 countries according to their happiness scores from 2013-2015. The happiest countries are Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Finland with Denmark ranked first with a score of 7.526. The report also includes a figure that shows the factors that explain differences in happiness scores between countries such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom and perceptions of corruption.

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WORLD HAPPINESS
REPORT 2016 | VOLUME I

Edited by John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs


Figure 2.2: Ranking of Happiness 2013-2015 (Part 1)

1. Denmark (7.526)
2. Switzerland (7.509)
3. Iceland (7.501)
4. Norway (7.498)
5. Finland (7.413)
6. Canada (7.404)
7. Netherlands (7.339)
8. New Zealand (7.334)
9. Australia (7.313)
10. Sweden (7.291)
11. Israel (7.267)
12. Austria (7.119)
13. United States (7.104)
14. Costa Rica (7.087)
15. Puerto Rico (7.039)
16. Germany (6.994)
17. Brazil (6.952)
18. Belgium (6.929)
19. Ireland (6.907)
20. Luxembourg (6.871)
21. Mexico (6.778)
22. Singapore (6.739)
23. United Kingdom (6.725)
24. Chile (6.705)
25. Panama (6.701)
26. Argentina (6.650)
27. Czech Republic (6.596)
28. United Arab Emirates (6.573)
29. Uruguay (6.545)
30. Malta (6.488)
31. Colombia (6.481)
32. France (6.478)
33. Thailand (6.474)
34. Saudi Arabia (6.379)
35. Taiwan (6.379)
36. Qatar (6.375)
37. Spain (6.361)
38. Algeria (6.355)
39. Guatemala (6.324)
40. Suriname (6.269)
41. Kuwait (6.239)
42. Bahrain (6.218)
43. Trinidad and Tobago (6.168)
44. Venezuela (6.084)
45. Slovakia (6.078)
46. El Salvador (6.068)
47. Malaysia (6.005)
48. Nicaragua (5.992)
49. Uzbekistan (5.987)
50. Italy (5.977)
51. Ecuador (5.976)
20 52. Belize (5.956)
53. Japan (5.921)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Explained by: GDP per capita Explained by: generosity


Explained by: social support Explained by: perceptions of corruption
Explained by: healthy life expectancy Dystopia (2.33) + residual
Explained by: freedom to make life choices 95% confidence interval

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