Question:Consider the following statement regarding World Happiness Report 2019:
1) India is at 140th rank featuring dropdown to seven places from 2018 report
2) Total 155 countries are included in this report
3) Pakistan was the happier country than India
of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only(1)
(b) Only(1)and (2)
(c) Only(1) and (3)
(d) Only(3)
Answer :(c)
Related facts:
- The Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations released the World Happiness Report on March 20, 2019 which was designated as the World Happiness Day by the UN General Assembly in 2012.
- This is UN’s seventh annual World Happiness Report, which ranks the world’s 156 countries on “how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be”.
- The focus of report was “Happiness and Community: how happiness has been changing over the past dozen years, and how information technology, governance and social norms influence communities”.
- The report ranks countries on six key variables that support well-being:
1) Income,
2) Freedom to make life choices,
3) Trust,
4) Healthy life expectancy,
5) Social support and
6) Generosity.
- The results are then correlated with other factors, including GDP and social security.
- Index highlights:
- The overall world happiness has fallen over the past few years, which has mostly been fuelled by a sustained drop in India, which came in 140th place this year (2019) compared with 133rd in 2018.
- India featured in the five countries that had the largest drop since 2008 in the index, along with Yemen, Syria, Botswana and Venezuela.
- The list is topped by Finland for the second year in a row followed by Denmark, Norway, Iceland and the Netherlands.
- Among India’s neighboring countries, Pakistan is ranked 67th, Bangladesh 125th , Bhutan 95th, Sri Lanka 130th and China is placed at 93rd position.
- People in war-torn South Sudan(156 rank) is the most unhappy country, while Central African Republic secures 155th rank, Afghanistan at 154th rank, Tanzania holds 153rd rank and Rwanda figured at 152 rank.
- The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), launched in 2012, mobilizes global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical problem solving for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)and the Paris Climate Agreement.
By Achyutanand Pandey
Links:
http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/
https://www.thehindu.com/society/finland-is-the-happiest-nation-india-slips-7-spots-ranks-140th/article26593703.ece
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indian-ranked-140th-among-lowest-20-nations-on-un-world-happiness-report/story-DDxpwUyKdDMLJzmhQUsu1O.html