2024’s World’s Happiest Countries In The World

[Yousif]

It’s hard to believe that a country in the middle of war like Israel ranks at no.5 happiest country in the world for 2024.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world

 

Here’s some extra insights into the changes of rankings in the index throughout the years.

 

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1372051/lebanon-ranked-second-unhappiest-country-in-the-world.html#:~:text=Lebanon takes this unenviable title,in 2024%2C after the Afghans.

Edited May 28 by Yousif

[Nivsch]

A society found under a constant feeling of threat for decades, and particullary now, has a stronger feeling of collectiveness what mimics the social conditions of a tribe our psychy is built the best for (for evolutionary reasons).

Edited May 28 by Nivsch

[Yousif]

have my doubts about the validity and accuracy of the happiness index, one major factor of measuring people’s happiness was the level of corruption within the country,

 

And if you compare it to the corruption index :- 

https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2023

you’ll find that a few of the top 20 countries in the happiness index are actually more corrupt than many of the countries that are ranking below top 20.

 

I gotta also mention that the happiness index is for 2024 while the corruption index is for 2023 so that also might be a factor for why it doesn’t seem to correlate much.