"The researchers poll 1,000 people per nation. They are asked to rank several issues on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the best. The first cut at the data includes GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and perceptions of corruption. The researchers then take more slices of the data. This is broken into eight chapters."
"The World Happiness Report is released annually. It is widely considered a benchmark of how people feel about the nations where they live. Gallup did the research. It includes 147 countries. Finland topped the list, followed by several other Scandinavian nations. Denmark was in second place, followed by Iceland, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Norway ranked seventh. The US ranks 24th."
"Afghanistan was at the bottom of the list. Sierra Leone was just above it, and Lebanon was above that. Afghanistan has had civil wars for decades. It is currently run by the Taliban. Recently, it has been at war with Pakistan. Some attacks have killed many children. The country of 40 million people ranks at or near the top in measurements by the CIA Factbook."
The World Happiness Report ranks 147 countries using Gallup polls of 1,000 people per nation who rate issues on a 0–10 scale. Initial measures include GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and perceptions of corruption. Further analysis is divided into eight chapters examining kindness, shared meals, household size and family bonds, youth social connections, how bonds affect despair and distrust, and the effects of money on happiness. Countries receive composite scores and rankings; Finland tops the list, several Scandinavian nations follow, the United States ranks 24th, and Afghanistan ranks last.
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