“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”Frederick Keonig
“There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.”
Swami Sivananda
“True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.”
Charles Caleb Colton
“What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life”
Hermann Hesse
Are you content? It seems most of us are not. Unless you live in Europe or the Bahamas...
You can read the full report here. Here's the World Happiness Rankings from the Leicester School of Psychology:
1. DENMARK
2. SWITZERLAND
3. AUSTRIA
4. ICELAND
5. BAHAMAS
6. FINLAND
7. SWEDEN
8. BHUTAN
9. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
10. CANADA
11. IRELAND
12. LUXEMBOURG
13. COSTA RICA
14. MALTA
15. NETHERLANDS
16. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
17. MALAYSIA
18. NEW ZEALAND
19. NORWAY
20. SEYCHELLES
21. ST KITTS AND NEVIS
22. UAE
23. USA
24. VANUATU
25. VENEZUELA
26. AUSTRALIA
27. BARBADOS
28. BELGIUM
29. DOMINICA
30. OMAN
31. SAUDI ARABIA
32. SURINAME
33. BAHRAIN
34. COLUMBIA
35. GERMANY
36. GUYANA
37. HONDURAS
38. KUWAIT
39. PANAMA
40. ST VINCENT AND THE
41. UNITED KINGDOM
42. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
43. GUATEMALA
44. JAMAICA
45. QATAR
46. SPAIN
47. ST LUCIA
48. BELIZE
49. CYPRUS
50. ITALY
51. MEXICO
52. SAMOA WESTERN
53. SINGAPORE
54. SOLOMON ISLANDS
55. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
56. ARGENTINA
57. FIJI
58. ISRAEL
59. MONGOLIA
60. SAO TOME AND PERINI
61. EL SALVADOR
62. FRANCE
63. HONG KONG
64. INDONESIA
65. KYRGYZSTAN
66. MALDIVES
67. SLOVENIA
68. TAIWAN
69. TIMOR-LESTE
70. TONGA
71. CHILE
72. GRENADA
73. MAURITIUS
74. NAMIBIA
75. PARAGUAY
76. THAILAND
77. CZECH REPUBLIC
78. PHILIPPINES
79. TUNISIA
80. UZBEKISTAN
81. BRAZIL
82. CHINA
83. CUBA
84. GREECE
85. NICARAGUA
86. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
87. URUGUAY
88. GABON
89. GHANA
90. JAPAN
91. YEMEN
92. PORTUGAL
93. SRI LANKA
94. TAJIKISTAN
95. VIETNAM
96. IRAN
97. COMOROS
98. CROATIA
99. POLAND
100. CAPE VERDI
101. KAZAKHSTAN
102. MADAGASCAR
103. SOUTH KOREA
104. BANGLADESH
105. CONGO REPUBLIC
106. GAMBIA
107. HUNGARY
108. LIBYA
109. SOUTH AFRICA
110. CAMBODIA
111. ECUADOR
112. KENYA
113. LEBANON
114. MOROCCO
115. PERU
116. SENEGAL
117. BOLIVIA
118. HAITI
119. NEPAL
120. NIGERIA
121. TANZANIA
122. BENIN
123. BOTSWANA
124. GUINEA-BISSAU
125. INDIA
126. LAOS
127. MOZAMBIQUE
128. PALESTINE
129. SLOVAKIA
130. BURMA
131. MALI
132. MAURITANIA
133. TURKEY
134. ALGERIA
135. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
136. ROMANIA
137. BOSNIA & HERZE
138. CAMEROON
139. ESTONIA
140. GUINEA
141. JORDAN
142. SYRIA
143. SIERRA LEONE
144. AZERBAIJAN
145. CENTRAL AFRICAN RE
146. MACEDONIA
147. TOGO
148. ZAMBIA
149. ANGOLA
150. DJIBOUTI
151. EGYPT
152. BURKINA FASO
153. ETHIOPIA
154. LATVIA
155. LITHUANIA
156. UGANDA
157. ALBANIA
158. MALAWI
159. CHAD
160. IVORY COAST
161. NIGER
162. ERITREA
163. RWANDA
164. BULGARIA
165. LESOTHO
166. PAKISTAN
167. RUSSIA
168. SWAZILAND
169. GEORGIA
170. BELARUS
171. TURKMENISTAN
172. ARMENIA
173. SUDAN
174. UKRAINE
175. MOLDOVA
176. CONGO DEMOCRATIC
177. ZIMBABWE
178. BURUNDI
3 comments:
103.... ^^;;
i thought Korea's rank was better than 103;;
hm..
I wish I saw it before this morning,I had no idea about being happy so I think rank at 103 is not that bad..--;
I think one of the reasons could be because Koreans work the longest hours in the OECD. 2,357 hours a year to be exact. The Dutch (#15) work the shortest hours in the OECD. Greece is a beautiful country near the ocean with great weather, but the people also work long hours (#2 OECD 2,052 hours year). Greece's ranking in the happiness index is #84.
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