Are you happy? When do people feel happiness? If they don't have anything to eat make them happy, or if their babies are dying from pneumonia is a happy situation. If they live under Bomb and there is no hope in their country makes them feel as developed and happy nation. Of course, normal human in the mainstream is not happy in any above conditions and circumstances. If you feel free, just, fare, hopeful, sound, safe, with access to food, clean water, education, health care, medicine, shelter, job and security, then you feel fine and it sounds well being and make you happy.
Country of Bhutan came with the idea of happiness index as an indicator for sustainable development. Based on the Global Projection of Subjective Well-being Study, Denmark is the happiest nation in the world, and Switzerland, Austria, Iceland, Bahamas are 2nd to 5th happiest nations. United States is 23rd and United Kingdom 41st. Iran 96th and Sudan, Ukraine, Moldova, Congo, Zimbabwe and Burundi with 173rd to 178th are among less happy nations in the world.
By using GIS 9.2 software and with using data of Human development report of 2007, I compared GDP/capita and happiness index of Eastern Mediterranean countries (EM Regional Office of WHO), unfortunately because of war there is no data about Iraq and Afghanistan.
Look at Yemen, in this poor country it seems people are happier than some countries with much higher GDP/capita.
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