Australia - The happiest country in the world in 2014

According to the statistics of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Australia again became the happiest country in the world in 2014.

Australia called 'the lucky country' defeated two potential rivals Norway and Sweden, winning the top spot in the OECD poll of 'The happiest developed countries in the world'. in 2014 '.

OECD is an international organization, consisting of 36 members, most of which are the highest income countries in the world. Every year, the organization conducts research, ranks the world's happiest developed countries based on 11 different criteria.

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The evaluation criteria are a 10-year research product of Ms. Romina Boarini, head of OECD. She said: 'The evaluation criteria are based on survey indicators in areas such as health, education, local environmental quality, personal security, satisfaction with people's lives, employment and income, social welfare . '.

According to research results on the happy view of more than 60,000 people, the three most important criteria for happiness are satisfaction of life, health and education. This study was conducted in many subjects with different ages, genders, and ethnicities around the world.

Meanwhile, Japanese people believe that personal security should be a top priority in the concept of happiness. The countries in Latin America have the concept of education as the first criterion, while Australians believe that a good balance between work and life is the most important criterion.

This year, the UK and Iceland are not among the top 10 happiest developing countries in the world. Three countries at the bottom of the 36 developed countries this year, with a low happiness index are: Turkey at 36, Mexico at level 35 and Greece at level 34.

According to analytical data in 2014, the 10 happiest developing countries in the world include: 1- Australia, 2- Norway; 3- Sweden, 4- Denmark, 5- Canada, 6- Switzerland, 7- America, 8- Finland, 9- Netherlands. 10- New Zealand.