The Dhaka Times Desk The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development or OECD has determined the list of the 10 happiest countries in the world. In determining this list, they have taken criteria from high per capita income to 11 different factors that contribute to the happiness of people in a country.
These 10 happiest countries in the world include:
- Australia
- Norway
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Canada
- Switzerland
- United States
- Finland
- the netherlands
- New Zealand
Australia tops the list, known as the happiest industrialized nation in the world. Here is the Great Barrier Reef which is recognized as one of the seven natural beauties of the world. On different criteria of being a happy country, voters portray different images of their countries. These include aspects ranging from environmental quality, health development, housing facilities, personal safety, workplace, income to social interaction. In all these areas or standards, Australia is ahead of other countries in the world. So they got the title of the happiest country in the world. The annual per capita income in Australia is $31197. Australia has the highest rating for social security, environment.
The country on the second position of the list is Norway. It topped the OECD list last year. The country's position is determined by considering several aspects in terms of standard of living. Norway is a perfect example of money not being the standard of happiness. Because the per capita annual income here is much higher than Australia at about 32993 US dollars. Norway ranks first in terms of life satisfaction. But it lags behind in terms of personal income, resulting in a rich-poor disparity. Since 2000, the OECD has compiled the list of happiest countries based on about 11 criteria. The criteria are housing, personal income, employment, education, environment, social security, health and many more.
Through this survey it is understood on what basis people consider themselves happy. Or when he feels happy. It can be seen from this, some people think themselves happy based on security, some people think happy based on their personal income and some people think happy based on the beauty of the environment. About 60,000 people express their opinion about why they are happy or unhappy in this survey. Which standards of different countries they are satisfied with or which standards they are not satisfied with. Among all these areas, the aspect of personal income and social security has emerged more in terms of happiness or unhappiness. For example, the people of Japan have brought the issue of safety first, on the other hand, the people of Latin America have highlighted the issue of education more.
The UK was in the top 10 last year but has now been overtaken by Finland. New Zealand's position dropped to the tenth position. Countries at the very bottom are Greece and Mexico. In the case of Greece, the reason for the suppression of this position is the lack of jobs, and in the case of Mexico, it is due to the lack of security.
Reference: CNN
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