People at Rajpath lawns in the backdrop of India Gate in New Delhi.
India has been ranked 139 out of 149 international locations in the checklist of UN World Happiness Report 2021 launched on Friday which is topped by Finland. The World Happiness Report 2021, issued by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, focuses on the results of COVID-19 and the way folks all around the world have fared. It ranks the world’s 149 international locations on “how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be”.
“Our aim was two-fold, first to focus on the effects of COVID-19 on the structure and quality of people’s lives, and second to describe and evaluate how governments all over the world have dealt with the pandemic. In particular, we try to explain why some countries have done so much better than others,” it stated in a press release.
It stated that India is on the 139th spot in the checklist. In 2019, India was ranked one hundred and fortieth.
“There have been both in-person and telephone samples for India, with the in-person responses being lower than telephone responses, while significantly higher than in-person responses in 2019. Hence the reversal in 2020 of the longer term slide in Indian life evaluations was not attributable to mode effects,” it stated.
Finland has been ranked because the happiest country in the world. The Nordic nation is adopted by Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Norway. Pakistan is on a hundred and fifth, Bangladesh on a hundred and first and China on 84th, in line with the report. People in war-torn Afghanistan are the most sad with their lives, adopted by Zimbabwe (148), Rwanda (147), Botswana (146) and Lesotho (145).
The happiness examine ranks the international locations of the world on the idea of questions from the Gallup World Poll. The outcomes are then correlated with different elements, together with GDP and social safety. The United States ranks at nineteenth place for happiness, despite being one of many richest international locations in the world.
