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India Happier Place

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Latin America is the happiest and East African the unhappiest place on Earth.

The Happy Planet Index, compiled by UK-based New Economics Foundation, ranks India 35 on the list, which is topped by Costa Rica.

India is way ahead of many developed economies, including the US and the UK, which are ranked 114 and 74 respectively. The index is based on life expectancy, life satisfaction and ecological factors. The survey points out that “the countries that are meant to represent successful development are some of the worst-performing in terms of sustainable well-being.”


Countries in HPI rank   HPI

1 Costa
Rica

        76.1
2 Dominican Republic
71.8
3 Jamaica
70.1
4 Guatemala
68.4
5 Vietnam
66.5
6 Colombia 66.1
7 Cuba 65.7
8 El Salvador 61.5
9 Brazil 61
10 Honduras 61
11 Nicaragua 60.5
12 Egypt 60.3
13 Saudi Arabia 59.7
14 Philippines 59
15 Argentina 59
16 Indonesia 58.9
17 Bhutan 58.5
18 Panama 57.4
19 Laos 57.3
20 China 57.1
21 Morocco 56.8
22 Sri Lanka 56.5
23 Mexico 55.6
24 Pakistan 55.6
25 Ecuador 55.5
26 Jordan
54.6
27 Belize
54.5
28 Peru
54.4
29 Tunisia
54.3
30 Trinidad and Tobago
54.2
31 Bangladesh
54.1
32 Moldova
54.1
33 Malaysia
54
34 Tajikistan
53.5
35 India
53

 

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