{"id":9988,"date":"2016-03-20T14:23:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T14:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=9988"},"modified":"2016-03-20T14:23:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T14:23:52","slug":"world-happiness-report-2016-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-happiness-report-2016-update\/","title":{"rendered":"World Happiness Report 2016 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Which country has been named happiest country in the world as per latest World Happiness Report 2016 Update?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Norway<br \/>\n(b) Denmark<br \/>\n(c) Switzerland<br \/>\n(d) Iceland<br \/>\n<strong>Ans (b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On 16 March 2016 The United Nations Social Development Network (UNSDN) released\u00a0World Happiness Report (WHR) 2016\u00a0in Rome.<\/li>\n<li>World Happiness Report, 2016 list includes 157 member countries.<\/li>\n<li>The first, second and third edition of this report was published in 2012, 2013 and 2015 respectively.<\/li>\n<li>The World Happiness Report is based on six key variables, each of which digs into a different aspect of life.<\/li>\n<li>The six factors are:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>GDP per capita<\/li>\n<li>Healthy years of life expectancy<\/li>\n<li>Social support (as measured by having someone to count on in times of trouble)<\/li>\n<li>Trust (as measured by a perceived absence of corruption in government and business<\/li>\n<li>Perceived freedom to make life decisions, and<\/li>\n<li>Generosity (as measured by recent donations).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Denmark took the top spot as the \u2018happiest country\u2019 in the world, displacing Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland was ranked second on the list, followed by Iceland (3rd), Norway (4th) and Finland (5th), Canada (6th), Netherlands (7th), New Zealand (8th), Australia (9th) and Sweden (10th).<\/li>\n<li>Five Least happy countries are ranked as Rwanda (152nd), Benin (153rd), Afghanistan (154th), Togo (155th), Syria (156th) and Burundi (157th).<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. is ranked 13th, United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan are ranked 23, 22 and 53 respectively.<\/li>\n<li>In the report, India was ranked 118th out of 157 countries compared to 117th out of 158 countries in the 2015 World Happiness Report.<\/li>\n<li>Among BRICS countries the ranking are Brazil (17th), Russia (56th), China (83rd), South Africa (116th) and India (118th).<\/li>\n<li>India\u2019s Neighbors are ranked as Nepal (107th), China (83rd), Bhutan (84th), Pakistan (92nd), Bangladesh (110th), Sri Lanka (117th) and Afghanistan (154th).<\/li>\n<li>The report said that India was among the group of 10 countries witnessing the biggest happiness declines, along with Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen and Botswana.<\/li>\n<li>It should be noted that that none of the top 10 countries in the Asian country.<\/li>\n<li>Highest ranked Asian country is Israel ranked 11th place followed by United Arab Emirates at 28th place.<\/li>\n<li>The report, released ahead of the UN World Happiness Day on March 20, for the first time gives a special role to the measurement and consequences of inequality in the distribution of well-being among countries and regions.<\/li>\n<li>The report aims at influencing government policy and is prepared based upon study undertaken by Gallup World Poll.<\/li>\n<li>The World Happiness Index ranks nations based upon score of different variables on a scale running from 0 to 10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/worldhappiness.report\/\">http:\/\/worldhappiness.report\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/5c28efcb768db11c7204-4ffd2ff276d22135df4d1a53ae141422.r82.cf5.rackcdn.com\/HR-V1_web.pdf\">http:\/\/5c28efcb768db11c7204-4ffd2ff276d22135df4d1a53ae141422.r82.cf5.rackcdn.com\/HR-V1_web.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which country has been named happiest country in the world as per latest World Happiness Report 2016 Update? (a) Norway (b) Denmark (c) Switzerland (d) Iceland Ans (b) Related facts: On 16 March 2016 The United Nations Social Development Network (UNSDN) released\u00a0World Happiness Report (WHR) 2016\u00a0in Rome. 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