The World's Happiest Countries.

FagunerAgun · #1 July 16, 2010, 09:45 PM

Quantifying happiness isn't an easy task. Researchers at the Gallup World Poll went about it by surveying thousands of respondents in 155 countries, between 2005 and 2009, in order to measure two types of well-being.

First they asked subjects to reflect on their overall satisfaction with their lives, and ranked their answers using a "life evaluation" score from 1 to 10. Then they asked questions about how each subject had felt the previous day. Those answers allowed researchers to score their "daily experiences"--things like whether they felt well-rested, respected, free of pain and intellectually engaged. Subjects that reported high scores were considered "thriving." The percentage of thriving individuals in each country determined in the world rankings.

Part of the ranking is:

1. The Netherlands
2. Finland
3. Nowary
4. Sweden
8. Canada
14. USA
17. UK
81. Japan
91. Bangladesh
94. Malaysia
94. The Philippines
115. India
115. Srilanka
125. China
130. Nepal
155. Togo - the last one.

By and large, rich countries are happier--and that's no coincidence.

Courtesy: Forbes.com

ialbd · #2 July 16, 2010, 10:27 PM

if there was a ranking for countries happy with the lowest or bare minimum possible, I bet Bangladesh would have been somewhere at the very top....

FagunerAgun · #3 July 16, 2010, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ialbd
if there was a ranking for countries happy with the lowest or bare minimum possible, I bet Bangladesh would have been somewhere at the very top....

Agreed, Our happiness is more of spiritualism than that of materialism.

Imteaz · #4 July 17, 2010, 12:58 AM

By reading the title, I thought we are number 1. But we are in number 91. Thats nice considering our wealth and other aspects.

Zeeshan · #5 July 17, 2010, 03:16 AM

We beat Eeendia. Win in my book.

Rifat · #6 July 17, 2010, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ialbd
if there was a ranking for countries happy with the lowest or bare minimum possible, I bet Bangladesh would have been somewhere at the very top....

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Originally Posted by FagunerAgun
Agreed, Our happiness is more of spiritualism than that of materialism.

++++1

SS · #7 July 17, 2010, 10:54 PM

bhua ranking...happiest countries overall may be...

magic boy · #8 July 17, 2010, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
We beat Eeendia. Win in my book.

also country like Malaysia,Nepal,China far behind BD. I wonder why!

Imteaz · #9 July 18, 2010, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by magic boy
also country like Malaysia,Nepal,China far behind BD. I wonder why!

Olpotei Tushto.

FagunerAgun · #10 July 18, 2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Imteaz
Olpotei Tushto.

Yes, it depends on the level of contentment, does not matter how.

Peace · #11 July 18, 2010, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by magic boy
also country like Malaysia,Nepal,China far behind BD. I wonder why!

Depressive illness in countries (Extrapolated Statistics)

Country/Region -----------Extrapolated Prevalence----------Population Estimated Used

China-------------------------68,838,926 -------------------------1,298,847,624 sq

Bangladesh--------------------7,491,045 ----------------------------141,340,476 sq

Bhutan--------------------------- 115,835 ------------------------------2,185,569 sq

India------------------------- 56,448,744 -------------------------1,065,070,607 sq

Malaysia -----------------------1,246,691 ----------------------------23,522,482 sq

source: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/d/depr...ts-country.htm

magic boy · #12 July 18, 2010, 12:06 PM

thanx Peace bhai...so its mostly about Depression....I thought financial solvency was the scale for the research.

Kabir · #13 July 18, 2010, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by FagunerAgun
8. Canada

Funny, coz Canadians complain about EVERYTHING.

Bancan · #14 July 18, 2010, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kabir
Funny, coz Canadians complain about EVERYTHING.

LOL. Its too hot. Its too cold. America Sucks. The 401 is stupid. We are better at hockey yet we dont have the cup here. Harper sucks. Liberals suck.

auntu · #15 July 25, 2010, 05:54 AM

এই সুখী হবার সংজ্ঞা কি?
বিত্ত-বৈভব...সুরম্য অট্টালিকা...ভোগ?

Alien · #16 July 26, 2010, 09:14 AM

I think Marijuana could be responsible for putting Netherlands at number 1.

MohammedC · #17 July 26, 2010, 09:41 AM

What is the criteria?

Going out, spending money, getting pissed,starting fight then ending up behind bars, finding yourself in someones house in shameful situation, getting taxi from there and telling the driver not to look at you coz you look horrible. Crying all the way to home because you would not have done it if you are not pissed.

Is basically the idea of happiness in western world.

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Bancan · #18 July 26, 2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MohammedC
What is the criteria?

Going out, spending money, getting pissed,starting fight then ending up behind bars, finding yourself in someones house in shameful situation, getting taxi from there and telling the driver not to look at you coz you look horrible. Crying all the way to home because you would not have done it if you are not pissed.

Is basically the idea of happiness in western world.

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....mmhmm thats exactly what happens when people go out. Stop generalizing.

I got out all the time. Me or none of my friends or other acquaintances have ever experienced this.

bujhee kom · #19 July 26, 2010, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by auntu
এই সুখী হবার সংজ্ঞা কি?
বিত্ত-বৈভব...সুরম্য অট্টালিকা...ভোগ?

For you and me Auntu da, defintely Rajভোগ and Gopalভোগ....! One is a sweet and the other is a mango!

MohammedC · #20 July 26, 2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bancan
....mmhmm thats exactly what happens when people go out. Stop generalizing.

I got out all the time. Me or none of my friends or other acquaintances have ever experienced this.

Not everyone is same. I go out with my friends also not as much as I used to. We dont drink but we do have good times.

Bancan · #21 July 26, 2010, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MohammedC
Not everyone is same. I go out with my friends also not as much as I used to. We dont drink but we do have good times.

Almost all the people that drink do not do what you said . Of course there are idiots who do. But I didn't like the tone of your post which seems to be addressed to everyone that parties.

auntu · #22 July 27, 2010, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bujhee kom
for you and me auntu da, defintely rajভোগ and gopalভোগ....! One is a sweet and the other is a mango!

অতি অবশ্যই জাভেদ ভাই।
তাহলে আসলে আমরাই সব থেকে সুখী।

FagunerAgun · #23 July 27, 2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bujhee kom
For you and me Auntu da, defintely Rajভোগ and Gopalভোগ....! One is a sweet and the other is a mango!

What is about the famous Khashi'r biyriani of Kharampur Dargah Sharif!!

Dilscoop · #24 July 27, 2010, 12:24 PM

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1. The Netherlands

This is a recent update by the way. They were at #6 couple of weeks ago. After the win over Ban, they went up to #1.

auntu · #25 July 27, 2010, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dilscoop
this is a recent update by the way. They were at #6 couple of weeks ago. After the win over ban, they went up to #1.

মনে প্রাণে হাসতে চাইলাম... কিন্তু বাম অলিন্দের আশে-পাশে এক ধরনের খোঁচা অনুভুত হলো...।