If you are living in a Latin American Country, chances are you’re among the happiest people on the planet.
The rest of us, well..I guess we’re out of luck.
According to the latest poll data released from Gallup, Latin American countries top the list as the 10 happiest countries in the world:
This happens to be the first time in a decade that every one of the top 10 countries on Gallup’s Positive Experience Index are from Latin America.
At the top of the list is Paraguay, which received the highest score of 89, followed by Colombia, Ecuador, and Guatemala which all tied at 84.
The scores were compiled from five questions Gallup asked adults ages 15 and up (shown above)- 1,000 people from 143 countries were polled, and they were asked questions either over the phone or during in-person interviews. On a global level, Gallup says that their margin of error is less than 1%.
Out of all the respondents, 70% said they experienced enjoyment, were treated with respect, felt well rested, and smiled or laughed. In addition, 50% of respondents said they learned or did something interesting the day before the interview.
On the other hand, the Gallup study also revealed the countries most likely to experience negative emotions:
The least happy people were, not surprisingly, from countries engaged in war and conflict like Afghanistan and Sudan. Sudan, which recently split into two countries- Sudan and South Sudan, has the lowest score of all the 143 countries surveyed- with a score of 47.
Keep in mind, the median score for highest positive emotions worldwide is 71- a score which has remained consistent over the years.
Gallup mentions that Syria, the country with the lowest positive emotions ever reported last year, is absent from this list only because this report was issued before that data was finalized.
While this data may not be 100% accurate- (taken by individual country, each had varying degrees of margin of error, some as low as 2.1%, others as high as 5.3%), it still gives us a pretty good idea of the happiest countries and also the saddest.
If only we all could be happy…
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Are You Living In The Happiest Country In The World? is a post from: LifeDaily