Norway managed to oust the champion last year, Denmark, to second place. Central African Republic, occupying the most distended position.
This is the World's Happiest Country 2017
Coinciding with the celebration of International Happiness Day , UN re-released World Happiness Report for the fifth time since it was first launched in 2012.
In this year's report, the UN ranked 155 countries in the world based on the level of happiness of its population. There are six factors used as a benchmark for assessment, namely per capita income, social support, healthy living, social freedom, generosity, and corruption levels.
World Happiness Report 2017 emphasizes the importance of social foundations in achieving happiness and explores in more detail the social factors that can influence the level of individual happiness in each country.
This year, the title of the happiest country pinned on Norway, which successfully shifted last year's champions Denmark to second place. The third to tenth consecutive position is occupied by Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Sweden.
Meanwhile, the top ten ranks of Yemen, South Sudan, Liberia, Guinea, Togo, Rwanda, Syria, Tanzania, Burundi, and the most distant rank were occupied by the Central African Republic.
United States, experiencing a decline in happiness. Last year, the land of Uncle Sam was ranked 13th and now perched in the rank-19.
Then, where is Indonesia? In this year's list, Indonesia was ranked 81st or down two ranks from last year. Indonesia is under the Philippines (72) Malaysia (42), Thailand (32) and Singapore (26), but is above Vietnam (94), Myanmar (114), and Cambodia (129).
This report was created for governments, organizations and civil society to increase the use of indicators of happiness in policy making and decision-making.
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