Mexico Ranked 21st on the United Nations 2016 World Happiness Report Sebastian Mann - Evening Standard
go to original March 17, 2016

The 2016 World Happiness Report by the United Nations that lists the World's happiest countries puts Denmark at the top and Burundi at the bottom of the 157 country list. (The Star Online)

Denmark is the world’s happiest country, according to a UN list that puts Mexico down in 21st place.

The east African nation of Burundi, plagued by political unrest, performs worst in the World Happiness Report.

It found that countries with lower levels of inequality tend to be happiest overall, with Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Finland completing the top five.

The report has analysed data gathered from surveys of thousands of people over three years from 2012-15. Participants were asked to grade their lives on a scale of zero to 10.

The study was carried out by the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

World's happiest countries - top 25

  1. Denmark
  2. Switzerland
  3. Iceland
  4. Norway
  5. Finland
  6. Canada
  7. Netherlands
  8. New Zealand
  9. Australia
10. Sweden
11. Israel
12. Austria
13. United States
14. Costa Rica
15. Puerto Rico
16. Germany
17. Brazil
18. Belgium
19. Ireland
20. Luxembourg
21. Mexico
22. Singapore
23. United Kingdom
24. Chile
25. Panama

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