The happiest place on earth

It's Denmark, according to a British study. (Must be because of all the funny cartoons.)

If you’re looking for happiness, go and live in Denmark.

It is the happiest country in the world while Burundi in Africa is the most unhappy, according to a report by a British scientist released on Friday.

Adrian White, an analytical social psychologist at the University of Leicester in central England, based his study on data from 178 countries and 100 global studies from the likes of the United Nations and the World Health Organization.

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Following behind Denmark came Switzerland, Austria, Iceland and the Bahamas.

At the bottom came the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe and Burundi. The United States came in at 23rd, Britain was in 41st place, Germany 35th and France 62nd.

Damian P.

Update: full results here. Canada came 10th, just behind Brunei (where the Sultan probably brings up the average) and ahead of Ireland.

Posted by damian at July 28, 2006 01:38 PM