The Happy Planet Index: Armenia is the happiest country in Caucasus
British research center “New Economic Foundation” published a new survey on “The Happy Planet Index”, which is a composite indicator of measuring the level of happiness in the world. Armenia is the 53rd in the world and is located next to Italy (51st place), and Sweden (52nd place). Azerbaijan is on the 80th place, following just Haiti, and is above Libya (81st place). Georgia is on the 55th place.
The compilers of the index calculated formula of happiness in the following way, the, quality of life multiplied by the duration of life and share the situation with the environment. The index is based on a study of 151 countries of the world.
The happiest people of the CIS, according to the survey live in Kyrgyzstan: the country is on the 38th place in the ranking. Moldova is on the 40th, Tajikistan – 43, Turkmenistan – 95, Ukraine - 100, Belarus – 102, Kazakhstan - 119, Russia – 122.
Costa Rica, Vietnam, Colombia are top rated, and the ranking close Qatar, Chad and Botswana. France is on the 50th place in the world, United Kingdom is the 41st, Italy is 51st, Canada is 65th, Switzerland is 34th and Germany is on the 46th places.