Bangladesh drops 24 places in the 2023 World Happiness Report

DailyStar || Shining BD

Published: 3/21/2023 5:24:12 AM

According to the "World Happiness Report 2023," Bangladesh has dropped 24 places and is no longer among the top 100 countries in the world in terms of happiness.
This year, Bangladesh was ranked 118th out of 137 nations. Out of 146 countries, the nation came in 94th place the previous year.

In the happiness index, Nepal came in at 78th place, followed by India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and then 126th, 108th, 117th, and 112th, respectively.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network publishes the World Happiness Report. The report also correlates various (quality of life) factors with the articles and rankings of national happiness, which are based on respondents' assessments of their own lives.

According to the happiness index, Finland is the happiest nation in the world for the sixth consecutive year, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Israel, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and Luxemburg.

Afghanistan has been ranked as the unhappiest, followed by Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Congo, Botswana, and Malawi.