World Happiness Report 2024 was published by Canadian economist John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard, Jeffrey Sachs, Jan Emmanuel De Neve, Lara B. Aknin, & Shun Wang.
Key points
- It is an annual UN-sponsored report. In the report India ranked 126, the same as last year. Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and Israel securing the top 5 spots.
- Afghanistan stayed at the bottom of the 143 countries surveyed. The US trailed at the 23rd spot, while Germany at the 24th spot respectively.
- The World Happiness Report is published annually by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
- The report takes into account six variables — GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and freedom from corruption.
- It is supported by taking the average life evaluation data gathered by the Gallup polls for the 2021-23 period.
- The report observed that in India, older age is associated with higher life satisfaction. However, older Indian women reported lower life satisfaction than older men.
