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According to the report, produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations, the top four countries all rank highly on factors associated with happiness: caring, freedom, generosity, honesty, health, income and good governance. In fact, “their averages are so close that small changes can re-order the rankings from year to year,” the report states.
The Nordic countries outpace the United States on personal freedom, social support, and lower corruption, which researchers believe accounts for the differences in satisfaction. The U.S. didn’t crack the top 10, coming in at 14th place, which is one spot lower than last year. And according to the report authors, the U.S. is trying to restore happiness in all of the wrong ways by focusing on economic growth. Instead, the paper advises that America fix its current social issues - rising inequality, corruption, isolation and distrust.
“Almost all of the policy discourse in Washington, D.C. centers on naïve attempts to raise the economic growth rate, as if a higher growth rate would somehow heal the deepening divisions and angst in American society,” the report states. “This kind of growth-only agenda is doubly wrong-headed.”
To counteract the combined decline of social capital, the national GDP would have to rise from $53,000 to around $133,000.
This year’s report put a special emphasis on the social and personal aspects of happiness, including the office. While those who make more are unsurprisingly happier, money is only one measure of work-related happiness. Job variety, level of autonomy and balance are other significant drivers according to Oxford Professor and study co-author Jan-Emmanuel De Neve. Unsurprisingly, satisfaction differs across various sectors and job types.
“There is a clear distinction in happiness between white and blue collar jobs with managers or professionals evaluating the quality of their lives at a much higher level than those in manual labor jobs even controlling for any possible confounding factors,” De Neve explains in a statement.
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America drops one spot on list of world's happiest countries.Pixabay
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Let's hear it for the hygge. At least that’s what we’re crediting with the Scandinavian domination of the annual list of World’s Happiest Countries. Norway jumped from last year’s rank of fourth place to take the top spot, followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland. The Danish concept of “hygge” is practiced in Scandinavian countries and essentially boils down to finding pleasure in everyday events and creating a cozy atmosphere. It’s thought to be the secret to their happiness.
According to the report, produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations, the top four countries all rank highly on factors associated with happiness: caring, freedom, generosity, honesty, health, income and good governance. In fact, “their averages are so close that small changes can re-order the rankings from year to year,” the report states.
The Nordic countries outpace the United States on personal freedom, social support, and lower corruption, which researchers believe accounts for the differences in satisfaction. The U.S. didn’t crack the top 10, coming in at 14th place, which is one spot lower than last year. And according to the report authors, the U.S. is trying to restore happiness in all of the wrong ways by focusing on economic growth. Instead, the paper advises that America fix its current social issues - rising inequality, corruption, isolation and distrust.
“Almost all of the policy discourse in Washington, D.C. centers on naïve attempts to raise the economic growth rate, as if a higher growth rate would somehow heal the deepening divisions and angst in American society,” the report states. “This kind of growth-only agenda is doubly wrong-headed.”
To counteract the combined decline of social capital, the national GDP would have to rise from $53,000 to around $133,000.
This year’s report put a special emphasis on the social and personal aspects of happiness, including the office. While those who make more are unsurprisingly happier, money is only one measure of work-related happiness. Job variety, level of autonomy and balance are other significant drivers according to Oxford Professor and study co-author Jan-Emmanuel De Neve. Unsurprisingly, satisfaction differs across various sectors and job types.
“There is a clear distinction in happiness between white and blue collar jobs with managers or professionals evaluating the quality of their lives at a much higher level than those in manual labor jobs even controlling for any possible confounding factors,” De Neve explains in a statement.
This year’s report was released today in honor of World Happiness Day, which has fallen on March 20 since the U.N. General Assembly declared it an official designation in 2012. The analysis is based on data from the Gallup World Poll which surveyed people in 155 countries over the span of three years: 2014-2016. The typical annual sample was 1,000 people per country.
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Let's hear it for the hygge. At least that’s what we’re crediting with the Scandinavian domination of the annual list of World’s Happiest Countries. Norway jumped from last year’s rank of fourth place to take the top spot, followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland. The Danish concept of “hygge” is practiced in Scandinavian countries and essentially boils down to finding pleasure in everyday events and creating a cozy atmosphere. It’s thought to be the secret to their happiness.
According to the report, produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations, the top four countries all rank highly on factors associated with happiness: caring, freedom, generosity, honesty, health, income and good governance. In fact, “their averages are so close that small changes can re-order the rankings from year to year,” the report states.
The Nordic countries outpace the United States on personal freedom, social support, and lower corruption, which researchers believe accounts for the differences in satisfaction. The U.S. didn’t crack the top 10, coming in at 14th place, which is one spot lower than last year. And according to the report authors, the U.S. is trying to restore happiness in all of the wrong ways by focusing on economic growth. Instead, the paper advises that America fix its current social issues - rising inequality, corruption, isolation and distrust.
“Almost all of the policy discourse in Washington, D.C. centers on naïve attempts to raise the economic growth rate, as if a higher growth rate would somehow heal the deepening divisions and angst in American society,” the report states. “This kind of growth-only agenda is doubly wrong-headed.”
To counteract the combined decline of social capital, the national GDP would have to rise from $53,000 to around $133,000.
This year’s report put a special emphasis on the social and personal aspects of happiness, including the office. While those who make more are unsurprisingly happier, money is only one measure of work-related happiness. Job variety, level of autonomy and balance are other significant drivers according to Oxford Professor and study co-author Jan-Emmanuel De Neve. Unsurprisingly, satisfaction differs across various sectors and job types.
“There is a clear distinction in happiness between white and blue collar jobs with managers or professionals evaluating the quality of their lives at a much higher level than those in manual labor jobs even controlling for any possible confounding factors,” De Neve explains in a statement.
This year’s report was released today in honor of World Happiness Day, which has fallen on March 20 since the U.N. General Assembly declared it an official designation in 2012. The analysis is based on data from the Gallup World Poll which surveyed people in 155 countries over the span of three years: 2014-2016. The typical annual sample was 1,000 people per country.
