The Latin American people are the happiest on the planet

People in 7 of the 10 happiest countries in Latin America, according to a Gallup survey.

This is probably a paradox, because 7 countries in the top 10 happiest countries in the world have indicators such as poor social welfare, public health, and education.

According to Gallup survey results published on December 19, the happiest people in the world do not have to live in the richest country, Qatar or in Japan - the country with the highest life expectancy in the world. This makes many people around the world surprised.

Nearly 150,000 people in 148 countries around the world were asked by Gallup that 7 out of 10 happiest countries on the planet live in Latin America.

One of the seven countries is Guatemala, a country that has been in a civil war that has lasted for decades with a wave of criminal gangs, with the highest rate of murder in the world. The country stands in front of Iraq on the UN list of Human Development Indicators (HDI). This is a composite index of average life expectancy, literacy rate, education and life standards of countries around the world. Although Guatemala is ranked low according to the above criteria, the people here live the 7th happiest in the world.

'Guatemala is a country with friendly, open and smiling people. Although they face many problems, they are always natural beauty, making them optimistic, happy and confident in a brighter future , 'Gallup staff member Luz Castillo 30 said. .

Since 2011, Gallup asked about 1,000 people in 148 countries and territories around the world 5 sentences about emotions the previous day, that is: 'Are you respected? Laugh more or not? Doing an interesting thing? Feel happy and enjoy it? '.

85% of people in Panama and Paraguay answer 'yes' to the 5 questions above. Therefore, these two countries are in the top 2 happiest countries in the world. Following are books of El Salvador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Guatemal, Philippines, Ecuador and Costa Rica.

The average of the 'yes' answers also reflects the optimistic spirit of people around the world. Gallup found that 85% of adults feel respected, 72% say they are smiling the previous day, 73% feel happy and 72% feel comfortable.

Meanwhile, only 43% of the respondents answered 'yes' to the question of whether you did anything interesting the day before. Thereby, the surveyors evaluated, although the world is facing many challenges, people still have a positive attitude about life.

Survey data shows another surprise that the happiness index is not directly proportional to economic development. Accordingly, although Panama is only ranked 90th in the list of GDP per capita pig figures last year, it is the highest ranked country in the ranking of happiness index.

Latin American people reached the top 10 happiest countries in the world.

Meanwhile, Singaporeans feel the most unhappy. Although this is one of the richest countries and the highest rate of economic growth, ranks fifth in GDP per capita, but the people here do not feel happy. But people feel the least happy.

In addition, many other rich and developed countries are also at the bottom of the list. Specifically, Germany and France, along with the poor African people living in Somaliland, were ranked 47th on the list. In particular, the United States is the world No. 1 power only ranked 33, causing "shock" for many people.

That is a paradox that happens to developed countries. It poses a difficult problem for many governments how to balance economic growth with changing people's perceptions of their satisfaction with indicators such as average life expectancy and average income. human head and university graduation rate.

The Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas famous for its policies influences its positive attitude is the " Gross National Happiness (GNH)".

The multi-dimensional GNH Index was introduced by King Jigme Singye Wangchuck when he was enthroned in 1972. He conceived that basic social happiness can be measured based on the quality of nutrition, housing, education, and care. health care and community life.

In the past three decades, this 2.2 million country has developed a significant road network at the same time as expanding the coverage of the forest area, seemingly inconsistent.

The average life expectancy of Bhutanese people also increased by 19 years from 1984 to 1998. The literacy rate increased from 17% to nearly 50% and teachers were continuously transferred from urban to rural areas to ensure for students to have equal access to teachers.

The small country on the edge of the Himalayas is quite wise in accepting foreign visitors (mostly rich tourists) to protect ancient relics and long-standing cultural values.

In order to more accurately reflect the situation of social development, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a national welfare program in 2010, part of a commitment to improving the quality of life of people in the context of decline. Global economic recession.

The British government conducted a national survey with the participation of 200,000 people asked questions such as: "Are you satisfied with the present life?".

According to Gallup's list, the top 10 countries feel the most unhappy is not surprising that Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan and Haiti are there. Located in the middle of the list is Armenia, Georgia and Lithuania.