INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
consecutive year.The index, sponsored by the United Nations, was released two days before the International Day of Happiness on March
20.Denmark bagged second place while Iceland claimed the third, moving up from fourth place last year.Switzerland, at number four, is
followed by the Netherlands and Luxembourg, respectively
Sweden, Norway, Israel, and New Zealand form the remainder of the top 10.The United States climbed three places to 16th, one ahead of
Canada has fallen 10 spots to 15th this year.Meanwhile, India fell far behind its neighbouring countries in the index, at 136th place
Pakistan and Bangladesh secured 121st and 94th spots, respectively.Warring neighbours Russia and Ukraine have been ranked 80 and 98
The rankings of the report, however, were compiled before Russia launched the invasion in Ukraine.This year marks the 10th anniversary of
data and, based on a three-year average, assigns a happiness score in the range 0 to 10.This year, it also used data from social media to
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