Global Happiness Map (Page 2): Interesting! Thanks for posting this.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Interesting!
Thanks for posting this.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I do not see Bhutan on the map. It has always been described as the happiest country on Earth. From my travels I would have to agree with the remarks of others. Some combination of grinding poverty and political/religious/social oppression will certainly make people unhappy.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

The Scandinavian countries always come out on top. Free universal healthcare; free school through college; infrastructure in great shape; low pollution; stable government that actually serves the people...it's easy to understand why. On the other hand, all those "free" services come at about a 45% tax rate.

FrankR Loc: NYC

fourlocks wrote:

The Scandinavian countries always come out on top. Free universal healthcare; free school through college; infrastructure in great shape; low pollution; stable government that actually serves the people...it's easy to understand why. On the other hand, all those "free" services come at about a 45% tax rate.

More bang for the buck I would say.

pbcbob Loc: Delray Beach, FL

I am surprised India did not score higher. From my experience from visiting there many times, they seem to be the happiest people I have ever met.

Larryjazz Loc: New York City

Happiness is an individual state of mind. For me, intensely listening to modern jazz from the 50s and 60s has always provided the highest degree of happiness and satisfaction.

So, if everyone listened continuously and passionately to this specific music the whole world would be happy and anger, violence and frustration would fade away. As a start, just keep posting the best 50s and 60s jazz and you will have a chart showing 100% global happiness.

Tex-s

markngolf wrote:

This is posted as information. I'm not looking for or instigating controversary/debate.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-global-happiness-levels-in-2021/?fbclid=IwAR1kax834OhBdtIpo8BTd3KBWCiZ5evzErkTv3o5YnG7Xs0OOKZMMN-zMP0

Mark

Never mind

andesbill

I bet Canada isn’t as happy these days. Not after their disastrous COVID19 response and the discovery of all the indigenous children that were tortured and killed.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

That seems realistic. My first thought was Finland. I remember hearing that it is a happy country.

I wonder if the happiness in Iceland varies according to volcano activity. They've had a lot of lava flowing lately.

Dennis833 Loc: Australia

They have missed out Tasmania 7.4

pbcbob Loc: Delray Beach, FL

jerryc41 wrote:

That seems realistic. My first thought was Finland. I remember hearing that it is a happy country.

I wonder if the happiness in Iceland varies according to volcano activity. They've had a lot of lava flowing lately.

No, but directly related to vodka consumption.

sailfree

markngolf wrote:

This is posted as information. I'm not looking for or instigating controversary/debate.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-global-happiness-levels-in-2021/?fbclid=IwAR1kax834OhBdtIpo8BTd3KBWCiZ5evzErkTv3o5YnG7Xs0OOKZMMN-zMP0

Mark

So in 2011 a guy named Jeff Desjardins from Canada gets crowd funded, raises a few bucks on Kickstarter and starts a global "research" company called Visual Capitalist. His revenue source is in Western countries and he publishes a report that says people in North America and Western Europe are happy, happy, happy and the rest of the world is sad, sad, sad. I just wonder how a map from a similar guy in Russia or China might look :-) :-)

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

pbcbob wrote:

No, but directly related to vodka consumption.

And yet, people in Russia are not happy.

bobbyjohn Loc: Dallas, TX

markngolf wrote:

This is posted as information. I'm not looking for or instigating controversary/debate.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-global-happiness-levels-in-2021/?fbclid=IwAR1kax834OhBdtIpo8BTd3KBWCiZ5evzErkTv3o5YnG7Xs0OOKZMMN-zMP0

Mark

Australia shows at 7.2 on the happiness score. That's pretty high up there. Methinks that since this map was published in 2021, that perhaps Australia would rate a lot lower happiness score now in 2022.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bobbyjohn wrote:

Australia shows at 7.2 on the happiness score. That's pretty high up there. Methinks that since this map was published in 2021, that perhaps Australia would rate a lot lower happiness score now in 2022.

It's not a very happy world, is it?