Indians are less happier than Pakistanis???

Pakistan is more happier than India??

Yes, you heard it right. According to “World Happiness Report” the people in Pakistan are seem to be more happier when compared to People in India. Is that true? Yes, India has ranked 139 out of 149 countries when surveyed in terms of happiness. That means India is the 11^th worst country among all countries related to happiness. So, on what basis it has been reported that people in India are less happier when compared to the other countries.

 Many of us know only the percentage growth in GDP of the country. Is it not necessary to measure the happiness of the country? Many politicians and businessman believe that measure of happiness is more necessary than measuring the GDP of the country. As we all know GDP is measured on basis of economical state of the country. Measuring GDP doesn’t reveal how many people in the country are happier.

 

Now we will see how is happiness state of the country measured or calculated. Every year the survey will be conducted by United Nations sustainable development solutions network which is known as “WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT”.

The study of happiness ranks the countries on the very basic questions from Gallup World Poll. Besides some of the criteria are also considered The criteria according to which the happiness is measured are:

·  Firstly considering the GDP PER CAPITA i.e gross domestic product per person, which can be available as in data. And the other criteria which is considered is healthy life expectancy which can also be available as in data. This focuses on effects of Covid-19 all over the world. It describes and evaluate how the government of individual country all over the world have dealt with the pandemic. It also explains how effectively some countries have executed protective measures when compared  to other countries.

It is also calculated by conducting few surveys in which respondents need to indicate on the scale of 1-10. The following are the few surveys that are carried out:

·       How much social support do they get when something goes wrong in their lives. Are there any friends or relatives who can help them in their hard times.

·       How much freedom do they have to make their own choices. Are they completely independent or not??

·       How generous you are. For example how many times have you donated money to the charity in the past month? Because helping others would definitely make you happier.

·       And also on the corruption, as in how much corruption do they have in their government or within business.

Below is the graph showing the declining happiness score of India:

Finland has been the first happiest country all over the world. Followed by Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden etc.

Despite of being one of the richest country in the world, Unites States ranks 15th among all the countries.

China being on 84^th rank and Bangladesh on 101^st rank all over the world.

Pakistan being on 105^th rank whereas India being on 139^th rank, concluding that people in Pakistan are more happier than people in India.

According to the report, people in Afghanistan are the most unhappy being on 149^th rank, follower by Zimbabwe(148), Rwanda(147), Botswana(146) and Lesotho(145).

 

 

Below are the top 20 ranked happiest countries in the world

 

1. Finland

2. Demark

3. Switzerland

4. Iceland

5. The Netherlands

6. Norway

7. Sweden

8. Luxembourg

9. New Zealand

10. Austria

11. Australia

12. Israel

13. Germany

14. Canada

15. Ireland

16. Costa Rica

17. United Kingdom

18. The Czech Republic

19. United States

20. Belgium