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UN World Happiness Report 2022: India Ranks 136th

India has improved its rank by three spots to acquire 136th position in the United Nations’ World Happiness Report for the year 2022, which ranked 146 countries. In 2021, India’s rank was 139. Finland has topped the 2022 World Happiness Report, for the fifth continuous year. Afghanistan has been ranked as the unhappiest country in the world, at 146th position.

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Top 10 countries of the 2022 World Happiness Report:

Rank Country
1 Finland
2 Denmark
3 Iceland
4 Switzerland
5 The Netherlands
6 Luxembourg
7 Sweden
8 Norway
9 Israel
10 New Zealand

About the report:

  • The 2022 World Happiness Report was released on March 18, 2022. It is the 10th edition of the report.
  • The World Happiness Report is being published by United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, since 2012, to rank countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be.
  • The Report is based on two key ideas, (1) happiness or life evaluation measured through opinion surveys and (2) identifying key elements that determine well-being and life evaluation across countries.

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Sumit Arora

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