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Finland is not one of the happiest countries in the world at all
16 May 2018
Economists Jeffrey Sachs, John Helliwell and Richard Layard pointed out several factors that affect the well-being of citizens, including GDP per capita, life expectancy, corruption and social support. However, these factors determine the stability of life, not the level of happiness. When we consider research in which people from different countries are asked how often they experience positive emotions and experiences, Finland is doing much worse. The list derived from the Gallup Global Emotions report is definitely dominated by Latin American countries. In the study of experiences carried out by the same laboratory, Finland was only in the 36th position in 2013.
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Finnish people are “upset” when their country is ranked as the happiest country in the world
Respondents are not asked why they self-assess. The happy reporters Jeffrey Sachs, John F. Helliwell and Richard Layard, however, outlined a number of determinants of the national happiness index, including the GDP average per capita, life expectancy, perception of corruption and social support.
Related publications
World Happiness Report 2018, John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs (Eds), March 2018