Top 10 Happiest Countries In The World: Is India Truly Happy?

Stress is virtually synonymous with the modern lifestyle, hence the quest for happiness is what everyone is looking for - a way to find peace, balance and fulfillment in their lives. Such should not be in the first place, as it is something so basic to humanity, one ought not to struggle more to acquire it. Even so, every corner of the planet, people seek some level of pleasure and wellness. In this aspect, the level of happiness of the inhabitants of a country is indicative of the standard of living. This provide an understanding to governments, organizations, and policy-makers as to what contributes to happiness and what areas need improvements.

Top 10 Happiest Countries In The World

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The pursuit of happiness cannot be reduced merely to Gross Domestic Product or any economic indicators. This factor aims to provide a more complete and human-centric view of a country’s wealth by factoring social and emotional health of people. This trend has been epitomised by countries like Bhutan which care more about happiness than economic development. Instead of GDP, GNH and its policies highly value the social and emotional well-being of people rather than wealth.

The rankings of happiness are not simply ordinal scale values; they carry significance in the real world. Countries that are able to score high levels of happiness have policies that focus on the welfare of their citizens, mental health, sociability and maintaining a perfect balance between work and play. In this regard, these rankings affect how resources are used, how policies are created and how society develops, shifting the emphasis from economic growth to growth of human beings.

However, reports suggest that India was able to make it to the list of the top 10 happiest countries. What can we learn from these countries which have high levels of happiness? This is a key question, while emphasizing on emotional health, mental health resources, and social well-being systems can also be a way on how the state of happiness among the people of India can be improved and even a happier society can be cultivated.

Well here is the list of top ten happiest countries in the world.

1) Finland: Happiness score 7.741

2) Denmark: 7.583

3) Iceland: 7.525

4) Sweden: 7.344

5) Israel: 7.341

6) Netherlands: 7.341

7) Norway: 7.302

8) Luxembourg: 7.122

9) Switzerland: 7.060

10) Australia: 7.057