India ranks 122nd in complacency index

Oslo: India ranked 122nd, behind terror-riven Pakistan and poorest-of-poor Nepal in a tellurian list of a happiest countries, according to a United Nations news expelled on Monday.

India came down by 3 slots, as final year it was placed during 118th spot. It was behind a infancy of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) nations, detached from war-ravaged Afghanistan, that stood during 141.

Among a 8 Saarc nations, Pakistan was during 80th position, Nepal stood during 99, Bhutan during 97, Bangladesh during 110 while Sri Lanka was during 120. However, Maldives did not figure in a World Happiness Report.

Norway took a tip mark from Denmark as a happiest republic in a world.

The Scandinavian nation, that was ranked fourth in final year’s report, jumped to a tip this year on a basement of several pivotal calculations, including levels of caring, leisure to make life decisions, generosity, good governance, honesty, health and income.

Other factors by that 155 countries were totalled in a annual World Happiness Report are: inequality, life expectancy, GDP per capita, open trust (i.e. a miss of crime in supervision and business), and amicable support.

Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and Finland turn out a tip five, while a Central African Republic came final in a World Happiness Report.

Western Europe and North America dominated a tip of a table, with a US and Britain during 14th and 19th positions, respectively.

Syria placed 152 of 155 countries — Yemen and South Sudan, that are confronting imminent famine, came in during 146 and 147.

The World Happiness Report was expelled to coincide with a United Nations’ International Day of Happiness on Mar 20.