The World Happiness Report rates the year’s happiest countries according to the people’s family and work stability, mental health, and living standard. According to this year’s report, Denmark is the happiest country in the world, and Norway is a close second.
Norway was also ranked as one of the happiest countries in the Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index. Additionally, Norway has “the second highest level of satisfaction with their living standards … with a per capita GDP of about £36,088 a year”, as reported by the article “The World’s Happiest Countries” posted in The Telegraph. In a simpler English, this means that Norway’s gross domestic product divided by the population of the country has a total output of about $58,326.15.
Copenhagen, Denmark, along with being the happiest, has been recognized as the “world’s most liveable city” by an international affairs magazine titled Monocle. Why is it such a happy country? Monocle ranked Denmark the way it did based on its quality of life.
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The pattern seen between these two countries, and the other top ten countries listed in The Telegraph’s article, is that they share a high rank in their people’s standard of living. The countries listed in this article may not be the most perfect society, but their people are perfectly happy.
What is the GDP for the United States for comparison? Is there a way that raising that will help create a better living standard in the US?
ReplyDeleteNice job bolding key phrases-it really draws the reader's attention. This is a really interesting topic, but I suggest going deeper into what exactly the "high standard of living" is. Maybe you could describe or give examples as to why Denmark and Norway have a higher standard of living than the US, like Kate K. mentioned?
ReplyDeleteI'm confused are you saying that the happieness of the country is dependent on GDP per capita.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on explaining why these countries are the happiest, and their relation to their GDP. However you should go more in depth on what makes one countries standard of living better than other countries. Explain how they rank countries in that aspect.
ReplyDeleteCould this possibly have to do with the government, meaning a hereditary monarchy reaches out to the people more, and functions better?
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in part where the article said " Monocle ranked Denmark the way it did based on its quality of life." I would like to know, how can we measure quality of life?
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to find out what these countries to to have high levels of happiness. What are they doing differently than other countries to get such a high standard of living?
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