The International Day of Happiness Report measures well-being and happiness ranking factors by compiling rankings from the Gallup World Poll survey, which asks people globally to rate their current life on a scale from 0 to 10. The report uses a three-year average to calculate country-level happiness scores, ensuring small fluctuations do not sway the rankings. In addition to life evaluations, people are also asked about their emotions, both positive (laughter, enjoyment, interest) and negative (worry, sadness, anger). The report includes questions related to wealth, life expectancy, freedom of choice, corruption, social connections, and generosity as key factors in determining a country's overall well-being.
There are certain nations which always top the rankings in the World Happiness Report. What are they doing right, that other countries are getting wrong? And what can you do to make your home country happier?
John Helliwell of the World Happiness Report explains how things like wealth, freedom and friendship combine to make a happy society - and how tiny changes in your home, neighborhood or workplace can have a huge national impact.
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