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Introduction
- The World Happiness Report is a publication of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. It contains articles and rankings of national happiness, based on respondent ratings of their own lives, which the report also correlates with various (quality of) life factors.
- That report presented the available global data on national happiness and reviewed related evidence from the emerging science of happiness.
About the Report
- The World Happiness Report ranks countries based on several factors such as real GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity and perceptions of corruption.
- The World Happiness Index is based on two key ideas – happiness or life evaluation measured through opinion surveys and identifying key elements that determine well-being and life evaluation across countries.
- The happiness study ranks the countries of the world on the basis of questions from the Gallup World Poll. The results are then correlated with other factors, including GDP and social security.
- March 20 was designated as the World Happiness Day by the UN General Assembly in 2012.
- The World Happiness Report ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be.
- The 2020 Report for the first time ranked cities around the world by their subjective well-being and looked into how the social, urban and natural environments combine to affect happiness.
World Happiness Index Report 2022
- Finland is ranked as the world’s happiest nation for the third consecutive year.
- The Happiness Index of the World Happiness Report (WHR) indicates that India’s rank has deteriorated over the years.
- In the 2022 World Happiness Report, India ranked 136th among 146 countries, while in 2021, it had ranked 139th among 149 countries.
- Afghanistan was the unhappiest, followed closely by Lebanon.
- Nordic states dominated the top 10, along with countries such as Switzerland, New Zealand and Austria.
United Nations Sustainable Development Solution Network (UN SDSN)
- The UN SDSN has been operating since 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General.
- SDSN mobilizes global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for sustainable development, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement.
- The aim is to accelerate joint learning and promote integrated approaches that address the interconnected economic, social, and environmental challenges confronting the world.
- SDSN works closely with United Nations agencies, multilateral financing institutions, the private sector, and civil society.
- The organization and governance of SDSN aims to enable a large number of leaders from all regions and diverse backgrounds to participate in the development of the network.
- SDSN has a small secretariat with offices in New York, New Delhi, and Paris.
