Sunday 25 March 2007

Happiness is...

"Shoot, shoot," said The Beatles!

By golly, someone at the University of Leicester has just measured happiness...the first measurement of happiness in the world. And it confirmed that to be happy, all that you ever need is to be healthy, wealthy and wise.

So here it is...the world's first Happy Country List in descending order. Where do you stand and do you feel much happier?
Denmark, Switzerland; Austria, Iceland; Bahamas, Finland, Sweden; Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg; Costa Rica, Malta, Netherlands; Antigua And Barbuda, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Seychelles, St Kitts And Nevis, UAE, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela;

Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Dominica, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Bahrain; Columbia, Germany, Guyana, Honduras, Kuwait, Panama, St Vincent And The Grenadines; United Kingdom; Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Jamaica, Qatar, Spain, St Lucia;

Belize, Cyprus, Italy, Mexico, Samoa Western, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Trinidad And Tobago; Argentina; Fiji, Israel, Mongolia, Sao Tome And Perini; El Salvador, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Slovenia, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Tonga;

Chile, Grenada, Mauritius, Namibia, Paraguay, Thailand; Czech Republic, Philippines, Tunisia, Uzbekistan; Brazil, China, Cuba, Greece, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Uruguay; Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Yemen; Portugal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Vietnam;

Iran; Comoros, Croatia, Poland; Cape Verdi, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, South Korea; Bangladesh, Congo Republic, Gambia, Hungary, Libya, South Africa; Cambodia, Ecuador, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco, Peru, Senegal; Bolivia, Haiti, Nepal, Nigeria, Tanzania;

Benin, Botswana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Laos, Mozambique, Palestine, Slovakia; Burma, Mali, Mauritania, Turkey; Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Romania; Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cameroon, Estonia, Guinea, Jordan, Syria; Sierra Leone; Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Macedonia, Togo, Zambia;

Angola, Djibouti, Egypt; Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Latvia, Lithuania, Uganda; Albania, Malawi; Chad, Ivory Coast, Niger; Eritrea, Rwanda; Bulgaria, Lesotho, Pakistan, Russia; Swaziland; Georgia; Belarus, Turkmenistan; Armenia; Sudan, Ukraine; Moldova; Congo Democratic, Zimbabwe; Burundi
In my opinion, don't you believe everything you read and it isn't even April Fools' Day yet!

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