INDIA HAS BEEN WRONGLY PLACED AT 126TH RANK IN THE WORD HAPPINESS REPORT 2023

The World Happiness Report is an annual report published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. It ranks countries based on how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be and provides analysis of the factors that contribute to happiness, such as income, social support, and life expectancy.

The 2023 World Happiness Report has been released, and it shows that Finland remains the happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row. Denmark, Iceland, Israel, and the Netherlands are the next happiest countries, with other European countries such as Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and Luxembourg also making the top 10.

Now question raise here that how India’s position in the World Happiness Report has ranked at 126th place, despite having the world’s fastest-growing economy, India’s ranking in the report has consistently been low, leading some to question how it can be ranked lower than countries in turmoil. Despite the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, both countries rank higher than India in the World Happiness Report, with Russia ranked 70th and Ukraine ranked 92nd. The report indicates that both countries experienced increased levels of kindness in 2020 and 2021, but in 2022, Ukraine saw a sharp rise in benevolence while it declined in Russia.

As per the State Bank of India’s research report Ecorwap, India position should be at 48th position, as happiness is a subjective thing to define, therefore measuring happiness across the world through the same lens could only mean every country and it’s countrymen/women feel happy the same way and in the same proportion, which is highly unlikely as evolution has given a distinct aura to distinct geographies. The common measures of happiness for all countries may not be the right indicators to generate happiness indications. There are always country-specific parameters in each domain of social science and development, and happiness measurement cannot be an exception to that.

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