the top 10 happiest countries in the world

   MariamJehangir                                                                                                                                                                

what are the coun­tries with the hap­pi­est peo­ple and what were some of the fac­tors that earned them their rankings?
Check out the list.

10) Ire­land – This coun­try of around 4.5 mil­lion made it in the top 10 with its high­est scores in the Per­sonal Free­dom and Safety & Secu­rity cat­e­gories, both of which ranked as the fourth high­est over the rest of the countries.

9) Switzer­land – This nation, known for its boun­ti­ful nat­ural beauty had the high­est score of any coun­try for its both its econ­omy and gov­er­nance. These stats helped the coun­try reach the ninth spot on the list.

8) Nether­lands – The country’s name means “low lands” in Dutch, due to its close­ness to sea lev­els, but the people’s spir­its seem to be rather high, as its eighth spot place­ment sug­gests. The country’s best score was in the Social Cap­i­tal cat­e­gory, where it placed sixth world­wide. Health fol­lowed right behind with a sev­enth spot placement.

7) Fin­land – The sev­enth largest Euro­pean coun­try landed the sev­enth high­est over­all spot on the hap­pi­ness list. What a happy coin­ci­dence, right? It rated third in both the Safety & Secu­rity and Entre­pre­neur­ship & Oppor­tu­nity categories.Entre­pre­neur­ship & Oppor­tu­nity categories.

6) Canada – Sure this coun­try gets a lot of flak from its Amer­i­can neigh­bor but that hasn’t stopped it from plac­ing at the sixth level. One big fac­tor might be its top score on the Per­sonal Free­dom cat­e­gory, in which it beat out all other nations.

5) New Zealand – This Oceanic island fol­lowed Canada with the sec­ond rank in the Per­sonal Free­dom cat­e­gory, and the very top spot for its edu­ca­tion rank­ing. It also held the sec­ond spot for governance.

4) Aus­tralia – Right behind New Zealand is Aus­tralia in the Edu­ca­tion cat­e­gory, and the third for the Per­sonal Free­dom cat­e­gory. Although it didn’t do quite as well as New Zealand in those cat­e­gories, it still fared bet­ter with its health and eco­nomic stand­ing, mak­ing it the fourth on the list.

3) Swe­den – Another fun rank­ing coin­ci­dence: The third largest coun­try in the EU has the third  place on this list. It ranks the sec­ond high­est in entre­pre­neur­ship & oppor­tu­nity in the world and the 4th in governance.

2) Den­mark – This Nordic coun­try enjoys a rich and vibrant his­tory. It also enjoys the first, sec­ond and third world rank­ing in the Entre­pre­neur­ship & Oppor­tu­nity, Social Cap­i­tal and Gov­er­nance cat­e­gories, respec­tively. These stats fac­tored in to make the coun­try the sec­ond high­est on the Lega­tum Pros­per­ity Index.

1) Nor­way – The “Hap­pi­est Coun­try in the World” title belongs to Nor­way. The Scan­di­na­vian coun­try had high marks all across the board: It earned the top social cap­i­tal rank­ing; the sec­ond high­est in econ­omy and Safety & Secu­rity; fourth in the Health and Entre­pre­neur­ship & Oppor­tu­nity cat­e­gories; and the sixth high­est in edu­ca­tion and per­sonal free­dom. Its low­est score was for gov­er­nance at the 13th spot, but when you con­sider that is out of 142 coun­tries, it doesn’t seem that bad at all.
I don’t know about you, but am think­ing about pack­ing my bags and buy­ing a one-way ticket to Norway.