Botswana among unhappiest countries on Earth - UN report
Staff Writer | Thursday March 15, 2018 17:28
The Report, released yesterday at a launch event at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in the Vatican, ranked Botswana at 146 out of 156 countries.
The least happiest countries on Earth are:
146. Botswana
147. Malawi
148. Haiti
149. Liberia
150. Syria
151. Rwanda
152. Yemen
153. Tanzania
154. South Sudan
155. Central African Republic
156. Burundi
Leading the happiness rankings is Finland, which has been declared the happiest country on Earth.
1. Finland
2. Norway
3. Denmark
4. Iceland
5. Switzerland
6. Netherlands
7. Canada
8. New Zealand
9. Sweden
10. Australia
The World Happiness Report is an annual publication of United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network that contains rankings of national happiness and analysis of the data from various perspectives.
It measures 'subjective well-being' - how happy people feel they are, and why.
The report ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels, and the 2018 Report also ranked 117 countries by the happiness of their immigrants.