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Rank   Countries  Amount 
= 1     Denmark: 8 
= 1     Switzerland: 8 
= 1     Malta: 8 
= 4     Ireland: 7.8 
= 4     Iceland: 7.8 
= 6     Netherlands: 7.6 
= 6     Luxembourg: 7.6 
= 6     Canada: 7.6 
= 9     Sweden: 7.5 
= 9     Finland: 7.5 
= 11     United States: 7.4 
= 11     New Zealand: 7.4 
= 11     Norway: 7.4 
= 14     Belgium: 7.3 
= 14     Australia: 7.3 
= 16     El Salvador: 7.2 
= 16     United Kingdom: 7.2 
# 18     Germany: 7.1 
# 19     Brazil: 7 
= 20     Italy: 6.9 
= 20     Singapore: 6.9 
= 22     Venezuela: 6.8 
= 22     Argentina: 6.8 
= 22     Dominican Republic: 6.8 
= 25     Portugal: 6.7 
= 25     Uruguay: 6.7 
= 25     Israel: 6.7 
= 28     Indonesia: 6.6 
= 28     France: 6.6 
= 28     Spain: 6.6 
= 28     Taiwan: 6.6 
# 32     Philippines: 6.4 
# 33     Slovenia: 6.3 
# 34     Japan: 6.2 
# 35     Vietnam: 6.1 
= 36     Peru: 6 
= 36     Iran: 6 
= 38     Poland: 5.9 
= 38     Croatia: 5.9 
# 40     Korea, South: 5.8 
# 41     Bangladesh: 5.7 
= 42     Morocco: 5.6 
= 42     South Africa: 5.6 
= 42     Turkey: 5.6 
= 42     Slovakia: 5.6 
# 46     Hungary: 5.5 
= 47     Estonia: 5.2 
= 47     Algeria: 5.2 
= 47     Uganda: 5.2 
= 50     Jordan: 5.1 
= 50     Serbia and Montenegro: 5.1 
= 52     Azerbaijan: 4.9 
= 52     Lithuania: 4.9 
= 52     Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 4.9 
= 55     Latvia: 4.8 
= 55     Egypt: 4.8 
# 57     Romania: 4.7 
# 58     Albania: 4.6 
# 59     Bulgaria: 4.5 
# 60     Russia: 4.4 
= 61     Pakistan: 4.3 
= 61     Angola: 4.3 
= 61     Belarus: 4.3 
# 64     Georgia: 4.1 
# 65     Armenia: 3.7 
# 66     Ukraine: 3.6 
# 67     Moldova: 3.5 
# 68     Zimbabwe: 3.3 
# 69     Tanzania: 3.2 
Weighted average: 6.0  


DEFINITION: Most scores are based on responses to the following question: "All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life-as-a-whole now? 1 dissatisfied to10 satisfied" (item code O-SLW/c/sq/n/10/a). Scores of ten nations are based on responses to a somewhat different question: "Suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder the worst possible life. Where on this ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?" The response was rated on a ladder scale ranging from 0 to 10 (item code O-BW/c/sq/l/11/c). We transformed the scores using the information of nations in which both this item and the above question on life-satisfaction had been used in about the same years.

SOURCE: World Database of Happiness, Happiness in Nations, Rank Report 2004/1  Average happiness in 90 nations 1990-2000

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"Life satisfaction by country", World Database of Happiness, Happiness in Nations, Rank Report 2004/1  Average happiness in 90 nations 1990-2000. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lif_lif_sat-lifestyle-life-satisfaction

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FlowersEarlene32
17th July 2010 		This is great that people can take the loan moreover, that opens up new chances.
Jose Maria de Pedro Juan
10th May 2009 		Well you see Bob this thing dont make any sense i just need help to write a paper and ended up her for some reason which was no help what so ever
Joel Leppard
1st November 2005 		I tried to follow the link to both of your happiness surveys and both did not get me there:
Average happiness in 90 nations 1990-2000
and the other led to me a religioustolerance.org ??
What gives?
I hope you arent making the numbers up...
James
Staff editor
10th March 2005 		The satisfaction people feel with their life tends to follow the wealth of the countries they live in - the developed world is at the top of the list while the developing world is at the bottom. This is explained by a survey of Life Satisfaction in Europe (PDF), which found that people every where required pretty much the same things to be satisfied with their life. "The dominant concerns in all countries are found to be making a living (having an income), enjoying a satisfactory family life, and having good health, and these are the concerns that ordinarily determine people’s satisfaction". The survey found that new entrants to the European Union (which tended to be less developed) also rated children as very important for a satisfactory life, while older members of the European Union were otherwise.


There is no apparent connection between how satisfied people are and how happy they are. Only four of the countries are present in the top 10 of Very Happy countries, with Switzerland falling from most satisfied country to tenth in the "Very Happy" list, while Canada drops from eigth to fifteenth and Finland plummets from ninth to twentyninth. However, satisfied people are less likely to say they are very unhappy, and six of the countries in the top 10 for Life Satisfaction are present in the top 10 of Net Happiness, and Iceland, Ireland and the Netherlands are distinguished by being near the top of both Life Satisfaction and Very Happy countries, and in the same order.

Le Thi Thai Ha
6th December 2004 		How can I find information about consumption trends?
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