The happiest countries in the world

Lahtina · Foro Master

RE: The happiest countries in the world

X4v13r · Comandante

Marky Mark wrote:

Lahtina wrote:
Trust me, MM, you'll be happier there.

Werd.

I can't believe NIGERIA is number 1!!

like MJ said "This survey is BOGUS!!"

X@vier

Marky Mark · Foro Master

Lahtina wrote:

Trust me, MM, you'll be happier there.

Werd.

I can't believe NIGERIA is number 1!!

X4v13r · Comandante

NeNa wrote:

Where the f@ck is Ecuador....
"Please note that not all of the world's countries are included in the survey." --this comment doesn't cut it....

I'm pretty sure I'll be happier there..!!!!

true that but them politicians f@ck it all up for us

X@vier

X4v13r · Comandante

Motown Junkie wrote:

Lahtina wrote:
Mexico # 2? Awww figures...and I agree!! But of course!! That's it! It all makes sense not. Must go back to Mexico. Trust me, MM, you'll be happier there.

You're gonna take him???
Whatever. This survey is BOGUS!! Colombia #4???? Yeah ok!

i have to agree with u on this one, we just had a thread yesterday (HERE) about Mexico being the The Source of New Refugees and they are in second

X@vier

NeNa · Guru

Where the f@ck is Ecuador....

"Please note that not all of the world's countries are included in the survey." --this comment doesn't cut it....

I'm pretty sure I'll be happier there..!!!!

Motown Junkie · TOP Guru

Lahtina wrote:

Mexico # 2? Awww figures...and I agree!! But of course!! That's it! It all makes sense not. Must go back to Mexico. Trust me, MM, you'll be happier there.

You're gonna take him???

Whatever. This survey is BOGUS!! Colombia #4???? Yeah ok!

Lahtina · Foro Master

Mexico # 2? Awww figures...and I agree!! But of course!! That's it! It all makes sense not. Must go back to Mexico. Trust me, MM, you'll be happier there.

ETA: Hmmm... clearly I meant to type now as opposed to NOT but... could this subconcious mistake mean something?

-- Edited by Lahtina at 09:29, 2006-07-13

AXA · Senior Member

Too complex to be a foro topic

Well I think if the survey is applied just in a country you can rank the cities and we are talking about similar population(at least basic needs have been satisfied). For example people in small towns tend to be happier than people in cities. Even thought I am not so sure if the study has high validity and confidentiality, I think an important factor can be life in modern societies. Perhaps in developed countries or biggest cities you are able to meet higher quality the life in terms of money and professional development but is more difficult to get other important needs as close family tights, community recognition and support ( pasar a la casa del vecino sin avisar a toma café), strong friendships, etc. Anyway, is very difficult to analyze when you are talking about something needed for all humans beings but understood in different way for each of them.

bistor · Guru

The tropical nations of Ireland and Iceland are also high on the list.

Who knows what makes people happy... probably a combination of many factors.

Julie · Comandante

That's a very good question ! Humm, I am would think that they might be still happy even with the little they have because they already went so low that everything is a winning now.

Does it mean that they have no "esperanzas de superacion" ? I don't know and hope not.

But I am sure that there is much more than that and that there is no right or wrong answer.

What is your opinion btw

Mastropiero · Guru

I was watching CITYTV and I found out that Canada is in the 111th place out of 178 on the list of Happiest countries in the world, I found this(I think is from 2005)

World "Happiest" Countries vs. Countries with the Highest Levels of "Subjective Well-Being"

The University of Michigan's World Values Surveys (WVS) has compiled data on the happiest countries in the world for over twenty years. Their results are considered the most authoritative by happiness researchers.

WVS measures the happiness of individuals by two different means. The first is to simply ask them how "happy" they are. The second is to ask them how "happy" they are, and also how "satisfied" they are. The results are then combined to arrive at a measure of their "subjective well-being," a term generally considered synonymous with happiness.

Because of these two different ways of measuring happiness, some confusion arises in determining which countries in the world are happiest. There is support for the the validity of both measures. For example, former president of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Martin Seligman, uses the "happiness only" measure in his book Authentic Happiness. However, Dr. Ron Inglehart, director of World Values Surveys, considers the "subjective well-being" measure a more accurate indicator of personal happiness.

Therefore on this page I present the international rankings using both measures.

When individuals were asked:

"Taking all things together, would you say you are: 1. Very happy, 2. Rather happy, 3. Not very happy, or 4. Not at all happy?" countries achieved the following rankings (Dr. Inglehart has not released the complete list):

Ranking of the World's Happiest Countries

1. Nigeria
2. Mexico
3. Venezuela
4. El Salvador
5. Puerto Rico

Ronald Inglehart et al. (eds.) HUMAN BELIEFS AND VALUES: A CROSS-CULTURAL SOURCEBOOK BASED ON THE 1999-2002 VALUES SURVEYS (Mexico City: Siglo XXI, 2004).

When individuals were asked the above "happiness" question and the results were combined with the following question: (On a scale of one to ten) "All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?" a ranking of "subjective well-being" for the following countries was achieved.

Ranking of Countries by Level of "Subjective Well-Being"

1. Puerto Rico
2. Mexico
3. Denmark
4. Colombia
5. Ireland
6. Iceland
7. N. Ireland
8. Switzerland
9. Netherlands
10. Canada
11. Austria
12. El Salvador
13. Venezuela
14. Luxembourg
15. U.S.
16. Australia
17. New Zealand
18. Sweden
19. Nigeria
20. Norway
21. Belgium
22. Finland
23. Singapore
24. W. Germany
25. France
26. Argentina
27. Vietnam
28. Chile
29. Indonesia
30. Philippines
31. Taiwan
32. Brazil
33. Spain
34. Israel
35. Italy
36. Portugal
37. E. Germany
38. Slovenia
39. Japan
40. Czech Rep
41. S. Africa
42. Croatia
43. Greece
44. Peru
45. China
46. Morocco
47. S. Korea
48. Iran
49. Poland
50. Turkey
51. Bosnia
52. Uganda
53. Algeria
54. Bangladesh
55. Egypt
56. Kyrgyzstan
57. Hungary
58. Slovakia
59. Jordan
60. Estonia
61. Serbia
62. Tanzania
63. Azerbaijan
64. Montenegro
65. India
66. Lithuania
67. Macedonia
68. Pakistan
69. Latvia
70. Albania
71. Bulgaria
72. Belarus
73. Georgia
74. Romania
75. Moldova
76. Russia
77. Armenia
78. Ukraine
79. Zimbabwe

Please note that not all of the world's countries are included in the survey.

So what do u think makes people from Nigeria or the other spanish countries to think they are happier than the countries you would expect to top the list?