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IN THIS POST
<\/strong>– World Happiness Report 2021<\/a>
– Top 20 Happiest Countries<\/a>
– 20 Least Happy Countries <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The year 2020 will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the most stressful, draining, and frankly, the worst year in recent history. The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic swept the globe, affecting 123 million and killing 2.72 million people so far. Political turmoil, inflation, and climate change only made matters worse. Things in Pakistan weren\u2019t any better. As of writing this, Pakistan has recorded an upward of 630,000 COVID-19 cases along with more than 13,800 deaths. Given the current situation, when the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network finally released its World Happiness Report 2021, seeing Pakistan rank way above the 20 least happy countries came as a pleasant surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the World Happiness Report 2021, Pakistan ranked 105 out of 149 countries on the list, beating India, Iran, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan by a substantial margin. It is also worth mentioning that Pakistan scored 4.934 on the list, whereas Iran scored 4.721, Sri Lanka scored 4.325, India scored 3.819, and Afghanistan scored 2.523.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, China ranked 84th<\/sup> on the list with a score of 5.339.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, Finland managed to keep its title of the world\u2019s happiest country for the fourth year in a row with a score of 7.842. Other European nations of Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Luxembourg also ranked high on the list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, the United States ranked 19th<\/sup> on the list despite being one of the most affluent and powerful countries in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take a further look at the ranking of Pakistan in the World Happiness Report 2021 and what it actually means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Happiness Report 2021 <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The World Happiness Report is published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Every year, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network publishes its World Happiness Report by analyzing the data from the Gallup World Poll, which asks subjects from around the world to vote on numerous indicators such as positive and negative emotions, life evaluations, and more to conduct the survey. The positive emotions include happiness, laugh and enjoyment, whereas the negative emotions refer to worry, sadness and anger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers also analyze the given data on six factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n