A new study of global well-being has revealed that Switzerland is the world's happiest nation, thanks to healthy GDP (gross domestic product) figures, strong social bonds, and an increasing life expectancy, the Daily Mail (British) website reports today (April 24, 2015).
The list is dominated by European nations -- particularly those in Scandinavia -- and measures a country's population by factors contributing to its citizens' contentment, rather than wealth.
Britons are happier now than they were two years ago, the study found, but still ranks in at a relatively lowly 21st place. The United States ranks 10th in happiness, while Canada does much better, ranking in 5th place.
Not surprising, the world's least happy countries are places ravaged by war and extreme poverty -- with Syria, Burundi, and Togo taking their place at the bottom of the 158-nation-strong list.
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