Jerusalem Post:
In birth and death, Israel is the happiest country in the world
24 March 2018
In this year’s annual ranking of the happiest countries in the world, Israel placed an enviable 11th. According to the ranking’s sponsor, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (which prepared the ranking in conjunction with three economists from Columbia University, the University of British Columbia and the London School of Economics’ Center for Economic Performance), the measurement of happiness is based on the following six criteria: Income (GDP per capita); healthy life expectancy; social support; freedom; trust (absence of corruption); and generosity.
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Related publications
World Happiness Report 2018, John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs (Eds), March 2018
https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2018/WHR_web.pdf