It is indeed very sad and shocking to see India featuring at 122nd place in the latest Happiness Index report issued by an arm of the United Nations. Much agonizing fact is that Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Sri Lanka and many other lesser developed and terror-ridden countries are ranked higher than India.
In the World Happiness Report 2017, India ranked 122 among the surveyed 155 countries. India dropped from 118 in the last year’s report to 122 this year. In comparison, countries such as China (79), Pakistan (80), Nepal (99), Bangladesh (110) and Iraq (117) fared better than India in the report.
The report is prepared based on parameters such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, corruption, happiness at workplace etc. Norway was ranked the happiest country in the world. The US ranked 14th.