Finland was chosen this Monday as the happiest country in the world for the sixth consecutive yearaccording to a UN index pointing to an increase in brotherhood in Ukraine. First published in 2012, the World Happiness Report is based on people’s own assessments of their situation, economic well-being and social indicators.
The report highlighted the situation in Ukraine, a country at war.
“Well-being in Ukraine fell less than in 2014when Russia annexed Crimea, and this is partly due to the extraordinary increase in the feeling of brotherhood,” Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, one of the report’s editors, said in a statement.
Despite the “scale of suffering and damage in Ukraine” after the Russian invasion in 2022, there is a “much stronger feeling that there is a common goal, there is benevolence and trust in the Ukrainian leadership”with respect to 2014, the report said.
In the list of countries Ukraine improved its position from 98th to 92nd, regarding the previous report, which was prepared before the Russian invasion. In this year’s edition, the Northern European countries confirmed their position as the happiest nations.
After FinlandDenmark came second, followed by Iceland.
A surprise is that Israel has moved up five places to become the fourth happiest country in the world.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, has remained at the bottom of the rankings – a position it has held since 2020 – with a worsening humanitarian crisis since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of US-led forces.
Source: Eluniverso
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