The World Happiness Report released by the United Nations has revealed that Nigerians went from being the 78th happiest people on earth to being the 116th in six years.
The 2021 edition of the report, sees Finland as the First for 4th year in a row despite covid-19 pandemic.
The report measures subjective well-being” – how happy the people are, and why and was released by the UN on Friday, March 19.
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Nigerians were ranked the 116th happiest people on earth out of 149 countries surveyed between 2018 and 2020, a point worse than the previous year.
The figures were better off in 2019 when Nigeria ranked 85th.
NIGERIA’S RANK OVER THE YEARS
2015 – 78th
2017 – 95th
2018 – 91th
2019 – 85th
2020 – 115th
2021 – 116th
Meanwhile, Finland, Denmark, and Switzerland were ranked the top three happiest countries, respectively, while Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and Afghanistan are the least three happy countries.
Libya, ranked 80th, is the happiest African country, while Nigeria came a distant 15th on the continent.
See full list of the World’s 20 Happiest Countries.
Finland
Iceland
Denmark
Switzerland
Netherlands
Sweden
Germany
Norway
New Zealand
Austria
Israel
Australia
Ireland
United States
Canada
Czech Republic
Belgium
United Kingdom
China
France
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