Question: What is the position of India in the World Happiness Report 2021 released on 19 march 2021, ahead of International Day of Happiness on March 20,2021?
a) 141
b)131
c)139
d)144
Ans: c)
Context
- United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network has released World Happiness Report 2021 on 19 march 2021, ahead of International Day of Happiness on March 20,2021.
Facts
- The World Happiness Report is a publication of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, powered by data from the Gallup World Poll.
- This year World Happiness Report 2021 focuses on the effects of COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared.
- Finland was again titled as the World’s happiest country because the overall rankings remained similar to the index of 2020 followed by Iceland and Denmark at 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
- India is placed at 139th position out of 149 countries.
- India was ranked at 144th position out of 156 countries in the “world happiness report, 2020”.
- Afghanistan was titled as the ‘Least Happy’ country and was placed at last position at 149 place.
By kameshwar shukla