Sri Lanka has dropped three places in a global ranking of the happiest nations, coming in at the 120th on the index that took into account GDP per capita, life expectancy, social support and freedom to make life choices as per capita gross domestic product, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, social support and absence of corruption in government or business.
Norway has been named the happiest country in the world, coming in at the number one spot in the 2017 World Happiness Report published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), which is a global initiative for the United Nations.
The other countries in the top 10 are Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Sweden.
The research is published by the UN’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network and aims to show that ‘well-being and happiness are critical indicators of a nation’s economic and social development, and should be a key aim of policy’. In the South Asian region, Pakistan ranked 80 on the index, coming in ahead of India (122), Nepal (99), Bangladesh (110), Bhutan (97) and Sri Lanka (120).
In the report published last year which took into consideration the years between 2013 to 2015 Sri Lanka was ranked 117th and in the latest report dropped 3 spots.
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