Nepal Ranked Happiest Country in South Asia

News 20 Mar 2022 9981

The United Nations has released the World Happiness Report. According to the report released on Friday, Finland has been listed as the happiest country this year as well. The country has been on the list of happiest nations for five consecutive years.

Nepal is ranked 85th in South Asian countries while India is ranked 136th. Last year, India was ranked 139th. Bangladesh is ranked 99th and Pakistan 103rd in the list of happiest countries in South Asia.

According to the list, China is ranked 82nd, three places above Nepal. The report portrays Afghanistan as the saddest country in South Asia.

Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Israel, New Zealand, and Austria are listed as the happiest nations.

Finland has once again proved to be the happiest country in the world. According to the World Happiness Report 2022, Finland has been declared the happiest country in the world. For the fifth time in a row, Finland has become the happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report.

The World Happiness Report typically ranks 150 countries based on a variety of factors, such as per capita GDP, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom of choice, generosity, and perceptions of corruption.

Denmark and Iceland are second and third on the list, respectively. Switzerland is in fourth place, while the Netherlands and Luxembourg are in fifth and sixth place, respectively. Sweden, Norway, and Israel are in seventh, eighth, and ninth place respectively, and New Zealand is in tenth place.

World Happiness Index 2022

According to the world happiness index, the World Happiness Report is an indicator of global happiness. The rankings are based on reports of respondents’ assessments of their own lives, and articles on national happiness are included. The report also compares with other elements that influence (quality of) life. As of March 2022, According to the World Happiness Report, Finland was named the happiest nation in the world five times in a row. The latest calculation is yet to be announced. Here we have listed the last year’s index.

Rank	Country	2022 Population
1	Finland	5,554,960
2	Denmark	5,834,950
3	Switzerland	8,773,637
4	Iceland	345,393
5	Netherlands	17,211,447
6	Norway	5,511,370
7	Sweden	10,218,971
8	Luxembourg	642,371
9	New Zealand	4,898,203
10	Austria	9,066,710
11	Australia	26,068,792
12	Israel	8,922,892
13	Germany	83,883,596
14	Canada	38,388,419
15	Ireland	5,020,199
16	Costa Rica	5,182,354
17	United Kingdom	68,497,907
18	Czech Republic	10,736,784
19	United States	334,805,269
20	Belgium	11,668,278
21	France	65,584,518
22	Bahrain	1,783,983
23	Malta	444,033
24	Taiwan	23,888,595
25	United Arab Emirates	10,081,785
26	Saudi Arabia	35,844,909
27	Spain	46,719,142
28	Italy	60,262,770
29	Slovenia	2,078,034
30	Guatemala	18,584,039
31	Uruguay	3,496,016
32	Singapore	5,943,546
33	Slovakia	5,460,193
34	Brazil	215,353,593
35	Mexico	131,562,772
36	Jamaica	2,985,094
37	Lithuania	2,661,708
38	Cyprus	1,223,387
39	Estonia	1,321,910
40	Panama	4,446,964
41	Uzbekistan	34,382,084
42	Chile	19,250,195
43	Poland	37,739,785
44	Kazakhstan	19,205,043
45	Romania	19,031,335
46	Kuwait	4,380,326
47	Serbia	8,653,016
48	El Salvador	6,550,389
49	Mauritius	1,274,727
50	Latvia	1,848,837
51	Colombia	51,512,762
52	Hungary	9,606,259
53	Thailand	70,078,203
54	Nicaragua	6,779,100
55	Japan	125,584,838
57	Portugal	10,140,570
56	Argentina	46,010,234
58	Honduras	10,221,247
59	Croatia	4,059,286
60	Philippines	112,508,994
61	South Korea	51,329,899
62	Peru	33,684,208
63	Bosnia And Herzegovina	3,249,317
64	Moldova	4,013,171
65	Ecuador	18,113,361
66	Kyrgyzstan	6,728,271
67	Greece	10,316,637
68	Bolivia	11,992,656
69	Mongolia	3,378,078
70	Paraguay	7,305,843
71	Montenegro	627,950
72	Dominican Republic	11,056,370
73	Belarus	9,432,800
75	Hong Kong	7,604,299
74	Russia	145,805,947
76	Tajikistan	9,957,464
77	Vietnam	98,953,541
78	Libya	7,040,745
79	Malaysia	33,181,072
80	Indonesia	279,134,505
81	Republic of the Congo	5,797,805
82	China	1,448,471,400
83	Ivory Coast	27,742,298
84	Armenia	2,971,966
85	Nepal	30,225,582
86	Bulgaria	6,844,597
87	Maldives	540,985
88	Azerbaijan	10,300,205
89	Cameroon	27,911,548
90	Senegal	17,653,671
91	Albania	2,866,374
92	North Macedonia	2,081,304
93	Ghana	32,395,450
94	Niger	26,083,660
95	Turkmenistan	6,201,943
96	Gambia	2,558,482
97	Benin	12,784,726
98	Laos	7,481,023
99	Bangladesh	167,885,689
100	Guinea	13,865,691
101	South Africa	60,756,135
102	Turkey	85,561,976
103	Pakistan	229,488,994
104	Morocco	37,772,756
105	Venezuela	29,266,991
106	Georgia	3,968,738
107	Algeria	45,350,148
108	Ukraine	43,192,122
109	Iraq	42,164,965
110	Gabon	2,331,533
111	Burkina Faso	22,102,838
112	Cambodia	17,168,639
113	Mozambique	33,089,461
114	Nigeria	216,746,934
115	Mali	21,473,764
116	Iran	86,022,837
117	Uganda	48,432,863
118	Liberia	5,305,117
119	Kenya	56,215,221
120	Tunisia	12,046,656
121	Lebanon	6,684,849
122	Namibia	2,633,874
123	Myanmar	55,227,143
124	Jordan	10,300,869
125	Chad	17,413,580
126	Sri Lanka	21,575,842
127	Eswatini	1,184,817
128	Comoros	907,419
129	Egypt	106,156,692
130	Ethiopia	120,812,698
131	Mauritania	4,901,981
132	Madagascar	29,178,077
133	Togo	8,680,837
134	Zambia	19,470,234
135	Sierra Leone	8,306,436
136	India	1,406,631,776
137	Burundi	12,624,840
138	Yemen	31,154,867
139	Tanzania	63,298,550
140	Haiti	11,680,283
141	Malawi	20,180,839
142	Lesotho	2,175,699
143	Botswana	2,441,162
144	Rwanda	13,600,464
145	Zimbabwe	15,331,428
146	Afghanistan	40,754,388